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Imagine a dog that could be women's best friend, by sniffing out the early signs of ovarian cancer.

A medical charity is trying to raise $250,000 to train a cocker spaniel pup to do exactly that.

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Artist and writer Greg O'Brien needs the public's help to find a Don Binney painting.  Audio

Apanui Koopu has written about his housing issues for E-Tangata, saying it's time for change. Apanui tells Jesse his story and how seeking help from government agencies made his situation worse. Audio

As our population ages, could daily care robot assist the elderly with tasks?. Residents from two Auckland retirement villages have taken part in a University of Auckland study looking at how they… Audio

The head of the Secondary Principals Association, Deidre Shea, says the government's wellbeing budget will make teachers' job easier.

She says the increased social spending in the Budget will help a… Audio

The National Party says the Budget delivered by Finance Minister Grant Robertson yesterday afternoon is simply papering over the cracks.

In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, Labour hiked… Audio

It's being billed as a once in a generation increase to benefits that will lift thousands of children out of poverty.

But those at the sharp end say it won't go far enough to help the worst-off… Audio

Migrants working remotely overseas and their New Zealand companies are calling on the government to let them back in - after 16 months of working from another country.

One man stuck in Brazil is… Audio

New Zealand has a thriving gaming industry - it's a genuine career path and we have great talent. But a tax sweetener across the Tasman risks pulling the rug from underneath it all.   Audio

We're going back to 1901 to something that can't help but give you a chuckle in today's high octane world. Nicholas Oates was the first person to import a car into New Zealand. It was a Benz - and… Audio

Big bumps to benefits have been mostly welcomed among people on the streets of the main centres.

The government's preparing to splash $3.4 billion in four years, in a bid to put food on people's… Audio

In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, the Labour majority government has hiked benefits to help reduce inequality and stimulate the economy in the wake of Covid-19.

The spending is fuelled by… Video, Audio

Cook Islands tourism operators are conceding life may never be the same for the island nation as it tries to bounce back from a global pandemic.

Wage subsidies and free accommodation have been… Video, Audio

Kathryn checks in on a parenting programme pilot in Nelson set up to help new fathers. The free 10 week course is available to all new dads, step dads and also includes men awaiting the birth of their… Audio

Ministry of Education figures show more than 60,000 students are classified as chronically absent, missing at least three days of school every fortnight. Almost 40 percent of pupils are not going to… Audio

American popstar Demi Lovato has announced they are non-binary and will be using the pronouns they/them.

Lovato, now aged 28, was a Disney child star before entering the music industry. They are… Audio

Pasifika and Maori in Wellington receive first their first Covid-19 vaccination jabs; Rarotonga businesses are hoping the first plane load of tourists are big spenders; Researchers seeking Pasifika… Audio

Pasifika and Maori in Wellington receive first their first Covid-19 vaccination jabs; Rarotonga businesses are hoping the first plane load of tourists are big spenders; Researchers seeking Pasifika… Audio

A New Zealand research team are seeking Pasifika contribution on ways to help improve peoples' literacy and numeracy skills. Audio

A Rarotongan business owner says that locals shifted their focus to the community to survive the pandemic as they awaited the return of tourists. Charlie Hosking, moved back from Melbourne four years… Audio

Let's begin in the Cook Islands where our defence force will help officials distribute the Pfizer vaccine by plane and by boat to people on outer and remote islands. The vaccination programme began on… Audio

You can't beat Wellington on a good day - but Wellington's good days are getting few and far between.  Audio

Those Who Wish Me Dead sees Angelina Jolie return to the action genre as a fire-fighter trying to protect a child who witnessed a murder. Featuring Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Nicholas Hoult… Video, Audio

The law allowing drug testing at festivals is set to expire in December but MPs are working on a bill to put in a permanent system Audio

A government cyber security agency is seeing an increasing number of attacks with hackers attempting to exploit system weaknesses for money.

Nadia Yousef is CERT NZ's manager of Incident Response.

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Doctors Without Borders says the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening every day, and it's getting harder to help. Israel continues to fire a barrage of rockets and mortars into Gaza - where more… Audio

Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to look at research out of Japan that found mammals can use their intestines to help them breathe, an analysis of the skull and teeth of the extinct… Audio

What started as a hobby for Shem Phillips has flourished into an internationally acclaimed board-game company called Garphill Games. Audio

You've heard of algorithms, but how about a herd farmed by "cowgorithms"? Kiwi agri-tech company Halter created electronic collars that use sound and vibration to guide and contain individual cows… Audio, Gallery