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Job vacancies are soaring - a scenario the Employers and Manufacturers Association says has been coming for months.

60 percent of the more than 2000 people surveyed by Trade Me in the first three… Audio

Midday News for Tuesday 5 April 2022 with Nicola Wright Audio

Five years ago, journalists Greg Dixon and Michele Hewitson made the move from Auckland to a 12-acre block in the Wairarapa. The couple write a shared column about "two townies making a new life in… Audio

A second-hand bus boom has developed after two years of closed borders and domestic restrictions wrecking havoc on the tour coach sector.

The start of the year saw a 71 percent increase in the number… Audio

More and more Aucklanders are heading out of town for good.

According to the latest data, 25,000 of them have quit the City of Sails over the past two years in search of a different life elsewhere in… Audio

If you're looking for a new job now might be the perfect time.

Job vacancies on Trade Me have shot up to a record high across the country in the first three months of this year.

What's more, 60… Audio

The Government has approved sanctions on a further thirty-six Russian oligarchs or people with close ties to the Russian regime or the Russian President himself.

None of them are in New Zealand, but… Audio

New Zealand has added a further 36 individuals to its Russia sanctions list.

It doesn't feature anyone currently in New Zealand, but one notable addition is billionaire Roman Abramovich - the former… Audio

A proposal for a massive ecosanctuary in Lower Hutt has taken a step forward.

The Greater Wellington Regional Council, iwi, and the Department of Conservation all back the idea to build 29 kilometres… Audio

When is a ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration, really a ban?

That's the question environmentalists are asking after discovering Greymouth Petroleum has been given permission to conduct a… Audio

The flood-damaged Mangahauini bridge at Tokomaru Bay in Gisborne is open again after a massive repair effort.

The town was cut off after a 16-metre section of bridge was washed out during the… Audio

The latest edition of the online anthology Orongohau - Best New Zealand Poems is available now. The 2021 edition was curated by acclaimed poet Kate Camp. She speaks to Jesse. Audio

Three sommeliers sought to make choosing the right wine easier for the average consumer, so they created Wine-oji. Wine-oji co-founder and Noble Rot Wine Bar sommelier Jessica Wood talks to Jesse… Audio

The New Zealand education app Kami has been named in TIME Magazine's 100 most influential companies of 2022. Founder Hengjie Wang talks to Jesse about their platform and why it's so popular in the US.

The interpretation and definition of partnership and co-governance under Te Tiriti o Waitangi has been back in the public eye generating claims of division and race baiting politicking.

The ACT Party… Audio

Midday News for Friday 1 April 2022 with Nicola Wright Audio

The shutdown of Marsden Point oil refinery is causing ructions in the intensely-under-pressure road building industry.

Z Energy is accusing the Transport Agency of effectively forcing it to quit… Audio