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The bill is in for Christchurch's stadium and it comes with a promise it will not go up further.

The project has already faced a $150 million budget blowout. But Christchurch City Council says lead… Video, Audio

A husband and wife diagnosed with lung cancer within months of each other are crowd funding extra treatments to stay alive as long as they can for their young sons.

Doctors cannot explain how Graham… Video, Audio

Families on tight budgets could come under even more pressure if the Official Cash Rate rises again tomorrow.

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to raise the OCR by half a percent to 2.5 percent -… Audio

The US Vice President Kamala Harris will speak to Pacific leaders at the forum in Fiji tomorrow, as part of its wider strategy to step up its engagement in the Pacific to counter China's influence.

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The findings of a staffing survey of more than 330 businesses by the Employers and Manufacturers Association show all those who responded had vacancies, and 40 percent had been trying to fill their… Video, Audio

A Northland council is calling for a national crackdown on the sale of vapes, which it says is an epidemic infiltrating the community and causing problems at schools.

In downtown Dargaville there are… Audio

The Heath Minister is "dreaming" if he thinks it's not a crisis. That from one of 900 doctors who completed a survey by the New Zealand Women in Medicine Charitable Trust, that found the overwhelming… Video, Audio

A fierce storm is hitting Christchurch and Banks Peninsula this afternoon, with several roads closed because of flooding.

Our reporter Adam Burns is in Christchurch with the latest. Video, Audio

Pacific leaders are scrambling to bring Kiribati back in to the fold, on the eve of one of the most significant meetings in the region.

Kiribati has declared it's withdrawing from the Pacific Islands… Audio

Space lovers are farewelling an airborne observatory as it makes its final visit to Christchurch after years of research trips.

SOFIA - short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - is… Video, Audio

The All Blacks loose forward Ardie Savea has leapt to the defence of under fire coach Ian Foster in the wake or Saturday's loss to Ireland in Dunedin.

Ireland's win was their first against the All… Audio

The legality of rodeo has been questioned today at the High Court.

The Animal Law Association and animal rights group SAFE want to bring an end to what they say is an "unnecessary and unlawful"… Audio

Protesters wanting a 20km stretch of beach north of Auckland to retain all its sand have launched what they're calling a 'David versus Goliath' battle.

They've got strong messages for the company… Video, Audio

As we face a second wave of Covid-19 coupled with other winter bugs, health officials say they are our best form of protection.

It comes as 8395 community cases were reported today. And almost 700… Audio