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The government needs to ring fence spots for business in MIQ and look at shortening isolation for fully vaccinated people if it wants to grow the post-Covid-19 economy, according to one business… Video, Audio

Owhiro Bay residents are preparing for the worst this morning as six metre high swells batter Wellington's south coast.

The worst waves are predicted to hit in about an hour - as high tide reaches… Audio

We will find out later today whether Wellington will stay in Level 2 beyond 11.59 tonight. Nathan Rarere asked National's Deputy Leader Dr Shane Reti if the Government could be doing more to help… Audio

It has been an anxious wait for staff at the Highwater Eatery in Wellington who have been isolating since the restaurant was named as a location of interest. They've had to close completely as 11 out… Audio

The high hopes tourism towns had for Australian school holidays have collapsed, with the brakes put on the trans-Tasman bubble.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has also ruled out financial help for… Video, Audio

The start of the Australian school holidays was meant to be a lifeline for Queenstown's beleaguered businesses, instead that lifeblood has been cut off.

The government has closed the trans-Tasman… Video, Audio

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Health officials are encouraging Wellingtonians who are feeling a little under the weather to go and get a Covid test to help ensure the city is free of the virus.

So far there have been no positive… Audio

Serious sexual assaults including group rape have been disclosed by students at Christchurch Girls' High School in a whole of school survey conducted last month. 59 percent of survey respondents said… Audio

Arriving in New Zealand seeking refuge to finally officially becoming one - Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Colombian, Jose Tombe about what compelled him to leave his hometown of Cali.  Audio

Wellington businesses say they feel hobbled under Covid-19 restrictions, but are grateful for the resurgence payment.

The region has been in a raised alert level since last week after a man from… Audio

Tourism and hospitality operators are crying out for help as the full trans-Tasman bubble closure dashes hopes of a winter bonanza.

Quarantine-free travel has been halted until at least midnight on… Audio

A Wellington business owner wants the government to offer more help for Covid-19 affected businesses after her restaurant became a location of interest and was forced to close.

Highwater Eatery was… Audio

Tourism and hospitality operators are crying out for help as the full trans-Tasman bubble closure dashes hopes of a winter bonanza.

Quarantine-free travel has been halted until at least midnight on… Audio

A single mother in contemporary Dublin tries to protect her family by building a house. Reviewed by Dan Slevin. Video, Audio

MPs have debated the findings of an inquiry into student accommodation prompted by the death of a student in 2019. Here’s how they changed the law. Audio

Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker is back with us for a Covid-19 update. He'll discuss how the Delta variant slipped into the community, and whether Wellington has dodged a serious bullet this… Audio

Hymns with a pilgrim theme feature in Hymns on Sunday this week. Audio

The charity, Meat the Need was launched during last year's Covid lockdown. In its first 13 months farmers donated enough meat to make more than 430,000 meals. Audio

Wellington's inner-city eco-sanctuary, Zealandia, has recorded its first known case of myrtle rust.

The plant disease infects the myrtle family of trees which includes native plants such as… Video, Audio

Computers are being used to help computer engineers improve their social skills. A new tool under development at the University of Canterbury is training those more home with code, to become better… Audio

The Prime Minister has been in Papatoetoe this morning, visiting people whose homes were struck by a tornado last weekend. A $200,000 mayoral relief fund has been set up to help displaced families… Audio

An Oranga Tamariki youth justice residence is providing opportunities for residents to learn hospitality skills, by getting their help to run a cafe at the facility. Te Au rere a te Tonga in… Audio

A new testing station is opening at Te Papa on Friday morning to help cope with increased demand due to a person who later tested positive for Covid-19 visiting Wellington last week.

Test results… Audio

The $20 billion spend-up on defence is the latest Covid-19 casualty, with a range of options to scale it down now before the Finance Minister.

The major investment in a range of new military hardware… Audio

Wellington has had its first day at Alert Level 2 after a tourist from Sydney visited the Capital last weekend while infected with Covid-19. There are 20 locations of interest listed on the Ministry… Audio

A South Auckland youth hub is seeing an increase in its roll call, as students seize an opportunity to catch up on their studies. 

Many were among the most affected by Covid-19's interruptions to… Video, Audio

Some welcome relief on Thursday for flood-weary Ashburton farmers, with a $4 million boost to help with the recovery.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was in Ashburton to meet with the region's mayors… Video, Audio

A Chinese woman joins a family of Kazakh nomads in a bid to understand how they live and survive.