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At least two Iraqi airbases housing US troops have been hit by more than a dozen Iranian rockets. It comes as retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last… Audio

At least 100 women have come forward with claims they were coerced to appear in sex videos as part of a multi-million dollar online porn operation in the United States. The operation was headed by New… Audio

The New Zealand property market closed the decade with 18 record-breaking statistics. Online property sales site, realestate.co.nz says the average asking price for a house in New Zealand has risen… Audio

Outdoor enthusiasts will have more tracks to choose from in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges this summer but the battle to keep the deadly kauri dieback disease at bay goes on. In 2017, the council closed… Audio

An economist says prices at the petrol pump locally are unlikely to rise quickly without more developments in the Middle East after international crude oil prices rose overnight. Crude oil has jumped… Audio

It's estimated half a billion animals have perished in the Australian wildfires with volunteers scrambling to rescue those left behind. New South Wales woman Lucy Hoy has been setting up food and… Audio

Fire fighters in Napier have now contained a large forest fire that doubled in size overnight. The blaze on Tangoio Settlement Road, that's been burning for almost 30 hours, grew to more than 300… Audio

The Black Caps are getting set to take on Australia in the third and final cricket test starting tomorrow in Sydney. It's likely to be a somber affair with the action on the pitch well and truly… Audio

The death of another person after a change to their epilepsy medication has led to renewed calls for a ministerial inquiry into Pharmac's decision to make the switch. The death of an Auckland man just… Audio

The Bay of Plenty's public health provider, Toi Te Ora, is warning anyone who went to a see the film Jumanji: The Next Level at Reading Cinema in Rotorua on Friday may have been exposed to measles. It… Audio

Smoke from the Australian bushfires has drifted up the country today, blanketing large parts of both the North and South islands in a yellow-haze. It's expected to move off-shore by tomorrow morning… Audio

The Victorian government holds significant fears for at least 17 people missing in bush fires in East Gippsland. Premier Daniel Andrews says those who are unaccounted for are from smaller communities… Audio

Environmental historian Dr Jonathan West, who's received a $12,000 New Zealand History Trust Fund Award talks to Lynn Freeman about how lakes can tell the story of what's happened in their catchment. 

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff recently undertook a fact-finding mission to Wales, where he visited Ffordd Pen Llech in Harlech, which dethroned Dunedin's Baldwin St as the world's steepest street in… Audio

Police puppies and their foster parents - most of them police officers - gathered at Canterbury Central Police Station on Friday for a day of training.

Checkpoint reporter Logan Church and… Video, Audio

The government and the tourism industry have no clear plan to deal with the impacts that ballooning tourist numbers will have on the environment in the coming decades, according to a new report from… Audio

A wild goose chase at Auckland's Western Springs park has managed to nab nearly 100 birds bound for a happy new life on a Northland farm.

The geese have been creating chaos for months - eventually… Video, Audio

The night after Whakaari White Island erupted, heavy rainfall combined with ash, creating a sediment wave that likely flushed the bodies of the two missing victims down a stream into the ocean.

Local… Audio

A Waikato woman who still bares the scars of burns to 60 percent of her body has endured more than 25 surgeries since childhood.

Donna Gregory Marshall was burnt on her arms back and shoulders after… Video, Audio

A soldier has been arrested at Linton Military camp, amid suspicion they're part of a far right extremist group.

The Defence Force has yet to confirm what, if any charges the soldier is facing. But… Audio