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5:22 PM.A bolstered blue highway is offering a freight lifeline for two cyclone-hit regions with severely damaged roads.

The government's announced a $3 million subsidy for the freight ship Rangitata to run… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.

Marching and chanting in rallies today… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Government minister Stuart Nash is in more hot water tonight over revelations the Solicitor General considered prosecuting him for contempt.

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is with us… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Auckland's Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel has reached its deepest point, with the tunnel boring machine which started in Māngere now 115 metres below Hillsborough.

Despite Covid and the impact… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The cost of public transport in Auckland's about to go up despite service quality going down.

Bus ferry and trains rides will cost 6.5 percent more from April. Auckland Transport says that works out… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A lack of anaesthetic technicians in Canterbury is being put down to a toxic work environment, shortage of trained staff and overwhelming workloads.

Only 73 percent of planned surgeries are currently… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The average price of eggs has increased more than 80 percent since Checkpoint last did a supermarket shop.

And a quick scope of some stores put the price of eggs at 80 cents to $1.05 each, and some… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.If you are finding it harder to balance your budget, it will be no surprise to learn that last month food prices had their biggest jump in 30 years, according to Stats NZ. Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.The Muriwai community has become divided, with one third of previously red-stickered homes, now deemed safe to live in.

173 properties in the West Auckland beach settlment were red-stickered after… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a budget blowout.

Costs for the build have gone up 71 percent, sparking fears about how officials will respond.

Our reporter… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The Breakers have one last chance to finish the Australian National Basketball League season with the silverware.

The best-of-five series is locked at 2-all ahead of tonight's winner-take-all game in… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Auckland's City Rail Link has had another budget blowout, and is now asking for another billion dollars.

The project got underway in 2017, with a price tag of $3.4 billion.

It will now cost at least… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks to Lisa Owen about Labour Minister Stuart Nash losing the police ministerial role.

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5:07 PM.A phone call with a mate has ended Stuart Nash's second turn as Police Minister.

The problem is, that mate was Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. An error of judgement - is how the Prime Minister's… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Immigration officials are reviewing decisions they made to turn down some Iranian applicants who wanted to visit their New Zealand-based relatives. Immigration had concerns families were at risk of… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Aucklanders' water bills are about to go up. Watercare plans to increase the cost of water by almost 10 percent. Felix Walton has more. Audio

5:55 PM.The lower North Island town of Foxton is about to have a clearer horizon as dis-used trolley bus lines come down.

Their removal, after a court case, ends any nostalgic hope of the former tourist… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Western Springs Stadium is closed for the foreseeable future after significant flooding damage, with no guarantee of when it will reopen.

The stadium is home to numerous concerts, Auckland speedway… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.More than 30 years since the murders of the Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin, a journalist from their home country is in Aotearoa, re-investigating the Coromandel killings.

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5:27 PM.Some properties in the Muriwai exclusion zone have had their red sticker status reviewed following new information that landslides in the area appear to be slowing down.

More than 125 properties in… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Coach Gary Stead has deflected any criticism of the ageing Black Caps squad after yesterday's final ball win over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Christchurch.

On his 37th birthday injured New Zealand… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Labour's policy bonfire has left its potential government partners feeling burned.

The Greens believe yesterday's announcement was a breach of their co-operation agreement with Labour.

And Te Pāti… Read more Audio