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Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.

Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Video, Audio

The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.

Tommy Murray who died… Audio

New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.

Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Audio

The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.

Two men are on trial in Auckland… Audio

Contractors are back on the job removing the rot from Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, after a mechanical fault ground work to a halt earlier this week.

For the first time… Video, Audio

The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.

One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast -… Video, Audio

Tommy Murray's body was controversially taken from his Wellington home and taken to Northland for burial, against his wife's wishes.

Today his extended family has spoken out saying they were doing… Audio

Wallace and panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas hear from economist Tony Alexander about why the New Zealand housing market has gone from the fear of missing out to the fear of paying… Audio

Wallace and Panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas hear from Papakura resident Ngapera Pinga about the fear in her community following the spate of shootings in Auckland in the past month… Audio

Today on the pre-panel Wallace and panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas talk to the South Waikato Council Tirau representative Peter Schulte about the towns' big dog and sheep building… Audio

This year's parliamentary protest has proven to be the final nail in the coffin for a well-known Wellington bookstore and cafe.

Vic Books is closing its Pipitea campus shop on the 31 July after the… Audio

A major contractor was operating roadworks labelled "dangerous and high risk" to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists at the same time it was let off a prosecution over a cyclist's death.

Downer failed… Audio

An Auckland tetraplegic is relieved the Accident Compensation Corporation has reversed a decision to slash his home help by 14 hours per week following inquiries by RNZ.

Dean Brennan was worried he… Audio

A Wellington woman is vowing to fight after her husband's body was forcibly taken from their home by his whānau, to be buried at his Northland marae. 

Tommy Murray, who was 54, had a heart problem… Audio

A Wellington woman is vowing to fight after her husband's body was forcibly taken from their home by his whānau, to be buried at his Northland marae. 

Tommy Murray, who was 54, had a heart problem… Audio

Alan Hall is no longer a convicted murderer and questions are now being asked about the police and lawyers who helped put him behind bars.

The Supreme Court has found a substantial miscarriage of… Audio

A failed automation project at Ports of Auckland has seen $65 million gone to waste.

The Port's new board has canned the controversial project that would have seen driverless straddle carriers or… Video, Audio