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The funder for tertiary education is willing to subsidise more trainees in scaffolding and piano tuning, but doesn't want any increase in primary teaching enrolments.

The Commission has released the… Audio

The Crusaders sunk further into the mire on Saturday night, well beaten 26-6 by the Blues at Eden Park.

Coach Rob Penney described his team's fifth loss from five Super Rugby games as "clunky" and he… Audio

Esteemed New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm has become the first local actor to take home an award from the Series Mania Forum in France.

She accepted the best actress award in Lille, during a… Audio

The mother of an autistic and intellectually disabled man who has spent half his life locked away, is appealing to the Supreme Court to set him free.

The man lives in seclusion at the Mason Clinic… Audio

The Labour party leader is promising to turn his attention to tax, saying the current system is inequitable and unsustainable.

In a state of the nation speech in South Auckland, Chris Hipkins said… Audio

One of the country's leading inequality experts says the Labour Party has set itself up to finally deliver tax reform.

Chris Hipkins called the tax system "inequitable" and "unsustainable" in his… Audio

Four billion voters across more than 65 countries are headed to the polls this year.

Collectively, these nations are responsible for more than forty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

So… Audio

Hefty profits, virtually no real competition and weak incentives to do better. That's a snap shot of the banking sector according to a draft market study from the Commerce Commission. It concludes a… Audio

The UN's official report is out on the world's happiest countries, and New Zealand has slipped down on the list to number 11. New Zealand only cracked the top ten for those aged 60 and older. Finland… Audio

A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of New Zealand's main spy agency for years without the government knowing.

The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has revealed this in an… Audio

Critics of the banking sector say the strongly worded Commerce Commission report should push the government into forcing open banking and increased competition.

It has released an interim report on… Audio

New GDP figures say Aotearoa slipped into a recession in the final quarter of last year.

Stats NZ says gross domestic product, the broad measure of economic growth, fell 0.1 percent in the three… Audio

The Commerce Commission has just released a draft report on its banking market study.

The Commission says disruptive forces are needed to drive change in the banking sector.

Commission Chair John… Audio

Palestinians in New Zealand want the government to give emergency humanitarian visas to their family members, just like they did for people fleeing Russia's war in Ukraine.

The office of the Minister… Audio

Is New Zealand in recession?

Economists say it will be a close-run thing when GDP figures come out on Thursday.

The Institute for Economic Research is predicting Thursday's economic update will show… Audio

Tonight on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Sue Bradford and Ben Thomas discuss the upwards trend in opioid prescription for over 65s. The panellists also share their thoughts on the first four… Audio