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An investigation's underway after Auckland Council staff classified an elderly homeless woman, who was later found dead in her car, as a freedom camper, and had not done more to help her.

Yesterday… Video, Audio

It was once a bland, boring carpark, now it's a brand new building - inspired by the wild winds of Wellington.

The capital's new convention centre Tākina is well on the way to being finished.

Media… Video, Audio

The lower South Island has some of the worst pollution rates in the country, a new study has found, with Christchurch, Timaru and Invercargill among the highest per capita.

Data released this week… Audio

The All Blacks have made just one change to the starting 15 for their next encounter with the Irish on Saturday in Dunedin.

Dalton Papali'i takes over at blindside from Scott Barrett, who moves to… Audio

The war in Ukraine, an economic crisis, a global battle for power waged on the ground and online - all in all - "bloody messy".

That was the assessment of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, speaking to… Audio

Latest figures show there could be an uptick in vaccination rates for childhood diseases following an entrenched downward slide that started well before Covid.

In September 2021 immunisation coverage… Video, Audio

Central Auckland business owners are frustrated with a slow trickle of customers, disruptive and noisy construction, and what they feel is an increase in crime.

The once vibrant CBD is lined with… Audio

South Island ski fields are worried patchy power supplies could put lives at risk and knee cap plans for a bumper school holiday run.

Coronet peak and thousands of nearby residents in Dalefield and… Video, Audio

A monopoly-busting entrepreneur says nothing short of the forced sell off of supermarket stores owned by the two big chains will deliver true competition and cheaper groceries.

On Checkpoint on… Audio

Reports of a man with a gun plunged four North Shore schools into lockdown today, as police swarmed the area.

About 11am, Takapuna Grammar, Belmont Intermediate, Belmont Primary and Bayswater Primary… Video, Audio

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is jetting towards a zero-carbon future - unveiling the world's first electric tourism jetboat in Queenstown this morning.

Tess Brunton went to have a look.

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A former ACC employee who won a compensation case for being bullied on the job is appalled the manager responsible appears to have been promoted.

In a first, ACC must compensate a former worker for… Video, Audio

A sticky-fingered thief has made off with pots and pots of clover honey from a stall with an honesty box near Roxburgh.

The woman helped herself at the roadside shop on State Highway 8 at Ettrick on… Video, Audio

Car pollution is killing thousands of New Zealanders each year, according to new research. And it's costing the country billions of dollars.

The study is the first of its kind and measured the health… Audio

The Prime Minister's touched down in Sydney on the next leg of her Australian trip. Australia's PM has announced New Zealanders in New South Wales will be eligible for flood relief payments - which… Video, Audio