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The country's switch to greener energies has a boost today, with the first sod turned on what's expected to be Aotearoa's largest solar farm.

The $30 million farm is being set up near Pukenui in the… Audio

A philanthropic foundation is taking legal action against the Ministry for Social Development over its failure to take legal action against a single wage subsidy recipient.

More than $13 billion was… Audio

The government is demanding answers after a video showing a boy being tackled and put into a headlock at an Oranga Tamariki care facility was leaked to media.

Newsroom.co.nz published footage taken… Video, Audio

Talks are under way with New Zealand's only oil refinery about potentially using the facility to make biofuels.

The Marsden Point refinery near Whangārei looks likely to be scaled back to an… Audio

A big pot of money set aside to help whānau living in motels has failed to make it to many children in need.

The Flexible Funding Programme was launched last year, and is often highlighted by the… Audio

An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.

The woman's case is one of thousands that… Video, Audio

The White Ferns captain Sophie Devine is encouraging athletes to think about themselves first and sport second after taking a break from top level cricket.

Having missed the New Zealand team's last… Audio

Warning: Details of this report may distress some listeners.

More than two years after a Northland mother went missing, two men charged over her death have gone on trial.

Bridget Simmonds, 42… Audio

Rallies and picket lines are organised across the country and tomorrow nurses will strike after negotiations with district health boards reached a stalemate.

At least 30,000 nurses will take part in… Audio

The head has been knocked off a drug importing beast. That's the take of a gang expert, after New Zealand police carried out raids across the North Island as part of an international sting led by the… Video, Audio

Kiwi motorsport legend Greg Murphy is getting back behind the wheel to compete at Bathurst.

Seven years after his last spin at Mount Panorama, the four time winner is coming out of retirement for… Audio

There's cautious optimism among Alzheimer's experts here - after the first new treatment for the disease in nearly 20 years was approved by US regulators.

The new drug is supposed to slow the… Audio

National Party MP Paul Goldsmith has little support in his belief colonisation was good for Maori "on balance".

His comments have been called abhorrent and ignorant by other political parties and… Audio

"Widespread abuse" of employment law means tens of thousands of builders may be missing out on their basic employment rights and protections.

The employment court has found in favour of an Auckland… Video, Audio

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The long weekend brought a glut of tourists to the North and South Island's unofficial tourism capitals.

While leaders in Queenstown and Rotorua suspect the vast majority were New Zealanders… Audio

The soothing sounds of the islands greeted a steady stream of people at special Covid-19 vaccination clinic set up for the Pasifika community in Taranaki today. The Whiteley Methodist Church in New… Audio

A Covid-19 outbreak in Fiji appears to be spiralling out of control, with 147 cases confirmed in the last two days.

The country's main hospital is effectively sealed off, after a cluster formed there… Audio

Public money has been poured in, but there has been zero progress in efforts to combat family and sexual abuse, according to the Auditor General.

It has issued a report telling government ministers… Video, Audio

New Zealand will receive a further one million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination next month.

The new shipments will arrive in weekly drops - ramping up from mid-July ahead of the roll out to… Video, Audio