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Samoa's Anne Cairns has secured a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following her K1-500 race in the Canoe Sprint Championships held in Sydney.

In today's sports news - Carrington wins again, Kenny Smith lines up for another grand prix, Lindberg excited to play NZ Open with All Black and Breakers drop out of top four.

New Zealand is building a new generation of unsustainable housing - tens of thousands of homes that will put out carbon emissions five times higher than levels set by the Paris agreement.

A state of emergency remains as residents and farmers in Mataura, Gore, Wyndham and Balclutha return to assess the damage caused by the floods. Audio

In the biggest overhaul of its music services in years, RNZ is planning to gut its classical music station RNZ Concert and replace it on FM radio with music for a younger audience as part of a new…

A lack of air conditioning at Hawke's Bay Hospital is leaving staff and patients sweltering in 30C heat that unions say is unsafe.

Environmentalists are accusing the government of going back on its climate promise after the massive infrastructure spend announced yesterday, and National claimed Labour had just taken its own plan. Audio

In today's sports news - Crusaders unveil new jersey, England pummel Proteas again, Porteous pulls off new trick and King beaten in New York semis.

Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed that two Samoan sailors are in quarantine for 14 days at the Faleolo District Hospital amid fears they might be carrying China's coronavirus.

Many people have been spending their summer house-hunting, with rental enquiries on TradeMe up 17 percent in December compared with the same time last year.

Shop owners will be thousands of dollars out of pocket after the lunchtime power cut in Auckland's CBD. Video

Australian PM Scott Morrison has been accused of lacking leadership during the bushfire crisis by the man he replaced after a party room coup.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK will want to wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex well for the future while Meghan's father, Thomas Markle, accused the couple of "destroying" the royal family.

As a new decade dawns much of the Pacific is grappling with major upheavals, from climate and health crises to self-determination struggles. Jamie Tahana and Johnny Blades look at the state of play.

In today's sports news - Evans third in Chile, another top finish for Robinson and Tuatara lose again.

Nelson has turned a former fuel station into a temporary hub for freedom campers, and the invitation has now been extended to the homeless.

In an extraordinary offer of generosity, members of the public offered to donate their own skin to help severely burnt victims of the Whakaari / White Island eruption.

Bushfire conditions eased in Australia on Saturday after a gruelling night for firefighters, with authorities expecting at least a week of milder weather in which to step up defences

What exactly $703,000 will get you differs around the country, here's a quick glance of what it can get you in some regions.

Have you wondered how Australian wildlife stays alive during bushfires and afterwards when there is little to eat and nowhere to hide? The answer is adaptation and old-fashioned ingenuity. Video

A Christchurch student was meant to spend the summer on a forestry internship in Australia. Instead, he ended up fighting fires that he says makes flames that shoot to the top of 30m-tall trees.