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A capital gains tax could be back on the political agenda following a report showing the country's richest families pay about half as much tax on their income as an average New Zealander.

The IRD… Audio

One of the country's rich listers surveyed in a government report on who pays the most tax says he supports a capital gains tax as do most of the ultra-wealthy.

A two-year investigation by Inland… Audio

The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is staggered by figures that show the country's richest families pay about half as much tax on their income as an average New Zealander.

The IRD investigation… Audio

The Government has just unveiled how much tax the wealthiest New Zealanders pay Inland Revenue has opened its books on 311 of the wealthiest New Zealanders, and found on average, they're paying a much… Audio

More than 20 earthquakes have hit the southern Hawke's Bay settlement of Porangahau since 10.15am.

A magnitude 5-point-9 quake struck first at 10.16am, followed by a 5-point-3 magnitude quake two… Audio

A shortage in geotech engineers across the country is hampering efforts to address insurance claims from Auckland residents, nine weeks after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Red stickered Muriwai residents want a… Audio

A Taranaki woman says Immigration NZ's handling of an application for a visa to allow her to travel overseas, has soured what should have been the trip of a lifetime.

Victoria Lewis has never left… Audio

The trans-Tasman bond was reinforced in Anzac commemorations yesterday.

Prime Minster Chris Hipkins is still basking in the glow of the agreement to allow New Zealanders a faster pathway to… Audio

It was a long day for RSA president Sir Wayne Shelford who spoke at the Dawn Service in Wellington in the first of many duties.

Thousands attended Anzac Day ceremonies around New Zealand yesterday.

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Rain didn't stop large numbers gathering at Anzac Cove in Turkey for the Dawn Service in commemoration of World War One veterans.

Eleven thousand New Zealand and Australian soldiers died in the WWI… Audio

Midwives are celebrating a rare pay win with an interim equity offer getting signed off on Monday.

Almost two thousand hospital-based midwives will see their salary jump to match the pay of the… Audio

Hundreds of small towns and communities around the country are putting the final touches to Anzac Day events tomorrow.

While the big events in large towns and cities attract attention, it was small… Audio

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National is hoping voters will quickly forget about its latest candidate, Stephen Jack, who resigned after being preselected.

Mr Jack was chosen to run in the seat of Taieri, near Dunedin, but his… Video, Audio

The occupation caused significant disruption in Wellington's CBD.

Rae Julian was in the thick of it - she lives nearby on Molesworth Street.

Katie Scotcher asked her what she remembers about the… Audio