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Aotearoa's long-awaited, first nation-wide strategy to slash emissions has been released. The government will decide later this year if it will make legislative changes to enable congestion charging.

Te Pāti Māori wont stand a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election due to safety concerns.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white nationalist leaflet drop… Audio

Bromley residents suffering the ongoing smell of poo will be airing their grievances with the Christchurch mayor and councillors at a neighbourhood meeting tonight.

The local wastewater treatment… Video, Audio

Te Pāti Māori wont stand a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election due to safety concerns.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white supremacist leaflet drop… Video, Audio

Te Pati Maori won't stand in Tauranga - calling it a hot spot of white supremacy. And Covid-19 infections climb in Auckland. Audio

Queenstown locals are putting up their hands - and picking up dish cloths - to help worker-starved businesses brace for a busy winter.

Over the Easter and Anzac long weekends, many Queenstown hotels… Audio

A former Gloriavale resident who was used as unpaid child labour says it time government agencies went into the closed fundamentalist Christian community, opened their eyes and did their job.

In… Video, Audio

As food prices continue to rise, some Aucklanders say they're cutting meals to cope.

The latest Food Price Index figures from Stats NZ were released today, showing groceries were 6.4 percent pricier… Video, Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Mai Chen and Simon Pound discuss banning single use takeaway packaging, urban water tanks and whether South Island school kilts are on the way out. 
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Wallace Chapman and panellists Mai Chen and Simon Pound discuss the mammogram backlog, health reforms in this year's Budget and Prince Harry's "girl dad" shirt. Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Mai Chen and Simon Pound speak to those wanting to dig up a German gun from Dunedin's Oval. 
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Both the major political parties have committed to the country's first three emissions budgets.

A special Parliamentary debate on the budgets - which set a lid on the amount of greenhouse gases New… Audio

So times are tough for many, so what can be done for people in New Zealand struggling with the cost of living? Nathan Rarere spoke to Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson. Audio

An apple a day keeps the doctor away - so will 12 weeks of free, healthy food delivered to a patient's door keep the cardiologist at bay? That's what Dr Andrew Reynolds, of the University of Otago's… Audio

Stewart Island's visitor levy is expected to treble - but it'll be phased in. The $5 levy has been in place since 2013 and was aimed at easing the burden of tourism on the community.

But figures from… Audio

The Green Party has come out swinging against the border announcement - saying it amounts to "white immigration policy".

It says the new settings will disproportionately affecting migrants from… Audio

Businesses are relieved the border will fully open on July 31 two months earlier than signalled.

The date was revealed as part of the government's immigration reset that's aimed at building a high… Video, Audio

The gilt may be wearing a bit thin on Wellington's Golden Mile with the news that the glitzy David Jones department store will be replaced by an assortment of smaller shops.

Some in the retail sector… Audio

Aotearoa's average house price may be dipping, but in some corners of the country, the climb continues.

The Quotable Value house index out this week showed a 2 percent drop in the three months to… Audio

Fancy the idea of being ferried across the Waitemata Harbour while avoiding swells sea sickness? Or maybe you're just sick of sitting in traffic. Austrian firm Doppelmayr is proposing an alternative -… Video, Audio