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A luxury retreat owned by a Russian oligarch is dividing a coastal community in Northland.

In peak season, the Helena Bay Lodge charges $7,000 a night per room.

The buildings, worth tens of millions… Audio

Opposition leader Christopher Luxon is continuing to flag tax cuts and government spending as two of the battleground subjects for the next election.

The government is weighing in, too, with Grant… Audio

Omicron has brought a grinding halt to a giant tunnelling machine boring its way under Auckland.

The hold-up at Watercare's massive new Interceptor tunnel is just one casualty from the virus variant… Audio

A working group commissioned to report back on the Government's controversial three waters reforms has proposed a public shareholding model.

The reports makes 47 recommendations that address council… Audio

The country's third largest grocery company says the Commerce Commission isn't taking tough enough action against the supermarket duopoly.

The commission recommended making more land available for… Audio

The anti-mandate protestors in Christchurch's Cranmer Square have reportedly agreed to leave by Wednesday evening.

The group have been there for just over three weeks.

Christchurch City Council… Audio

A luxury retreat owned by a Russian oligarch is causing unease in an isolated coastal community in Te Tai Tokerau.

In peak season, the Helena Bay Lodge charges $7,000 a night per room.

The… Audio

Kura Kaupapa and Kohanga Reo have been struggling to get access to Rapid Antigen Tests as schools across the motu experience a growing number of Covid cases.

There have been 25-thousand Covid cases… Audio

Doctors are being forced to step into nursing roles to fill gaps as Omicron cases wipe out staffing capabilities at Middlemore Hospital.

Doctors and medical technicians are helping with patient care… Audio

Woolworths New Zealand, which runs the Coutdown chain of supermarktes, says it welcomes the Commerce Commission's report and it will commit to the steps expected of it.

Woolworths declined to be… Audio

The Commerce Commission has stopped short of a radical shake up of the supermarket sector to improve competition for consumers.

Its final report into the $22 billion sector says Foodstuffs and… Audio

Midday News for Tuesday 8 March 2022 Audio

A pay gap registry has gone live, with forty-seven of Aotearoa's largest employers voluntarily committing to report their discrepancies in pay.

A smaller number are also registering their pay… Audio

More trucks are being fitted with safety systems, and handbrake testing is changing, to guard against potentially fatal accidents.

Several people have been killed in recent years by runaway trucks… Audio

A homeless mother with six young children and a newborn had to pitch a tent during a storm after she said Work and Income declined to help her.

Mariska Kruger, from Napier, says the agency knew about… Audio

A new report suggests that working from home is more challenging for women than men.

The ASB/NZIER research shows that women are less likely to have ideal equipment and more likely to be lumbered… Audio

Emergency ambulance services around the country have recorded their highest-ever number of 111 calls this past weekend.

On Sunday alone, St John and Wellington Free Ambulance recorded 2322 calls for… Audio

A homeless mother with seven young children says she had to pitch a tent in a park during a storm after Work and Income told her it couldn't help.

Mariska Kruger, from Napier, says despite the agency… Audio

Consumer NZ hopes the Commerce Commission will move today to break up the supermarket duopoly.

Its long awaited report on the supermarket industry is due out at 8.30am.

Consumer NZ says it's… Audio