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Wilson Parking has agreed to pay $500,000 to the Commerce Commission following an investigation into anti-competitive behaviour at several Wellington carparks.

The country's largest parking company… Audio

The number of people on the jobseeker benefit is now up more than 40 percent compared to the same time last year.

To make matters worse, there's a prediction today a double-dip recession is on the… Audio

A Meridian Energy TV ad featuring the trials of a Kiwi 'eco-hero' has been ordered off-air after it was found to make misleading environmental claims.

Rival power company Electric Kiwi complained to… Video, Audio

An Auckland school which is bursting at the seams has had to transform its board room, staff room, prinicpal's office and now corridoors into classooms to make space for its skyrocketing roll.

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A new strut will be in place on the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the next few days after a freak accident on Friday morning caused serious structural damage.

Strong winds struck two trucks travelling… Video, Audio

Traffic is in severe gridlock in central Auckland as one onramp to the Harbour Bridge has been blocked, and cars are trying to get through the city to the Fanshawe Street onramp.

Checkpoint reporter… Video, Audio

A Hamilton woman who is turning her redundancy into a budding dessert business is encouraging other people to look beyond job ads for their next chapter.

Donna Williams is among the thousands of Air… Video, Audio

Auckland secondary principals are relieved their students will get a further boost to their NCEA scores after the latest lockdown. Bonus credits were announced for all NCEA students after the first… Audio

School rolls in Auckland continue to languish, despite pleas from the Education Minister to get kids back into classrooms.

Some principals are still reporting turnouts of 50 percent or less, and fear… Audio

Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy admits he's nervous about Auckland moving down alert levels. The government will meet tomorrow to decide whether the current alert levels will change at 11.59pm on Sunday… Audio

The move to make masks part of our daily routine is being embraced in South Auckland, an area hard hit by the latest covid cluster.

Face coverings are becoming the norm in Manurewa - from bandanas to… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand staff say there are a multitude of loopholes in the airline's border controls - and Covid-19 testing and isolation requirements need urgent attention.

The Health Minister today met… Video, Audio

Storms, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and drought - along with more coastal erosion and risk of wildfires.

The first national climate change risk assessment out today paints a grim picture of the long… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has shot down any hopes for an imminent travel bubble - despite Auckland Airport announcing its preparations for just that.

The airport plans to split its terminal into two zones… Audio

Meanwhile, New Zealanders in Melbourne are struggling as the light at the end of the tunnel gets pushed further away with a tighter Covid-19 lockdown.

For many people, it's another extension to the… Audio

Sandy Chong is the chief executive of the Australian Hairdressing Council, and says hairdressers in Victoria have been waiting for some direction about what the renewed lockdown will mean for them.

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The Victorian premier has announced 13 more people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the state's death toll to 136.

There are 429 new cases today, bringing the total active cases… Audio

In the Australian state of Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference to announce more details on level four lockdown restrictions.

There were 429 new infections overnight and 13… Audio

For too long climate change has been dealt with by an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

That's how Climate Change Minister James Shaw has described the situation as the government released a… Audio