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6:13 PM.Kumara growers are facing a double whammy, covering the cost of harvesting already rotten crops and the risk any salvaged vegetables could go the same way.

The exact losses across the industry aren't… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.In Christchurch, young activists have breached the doors of the city council offices and are staging a sit-in.

Reporter Anna Sargent is there. Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The company that operates Mt Ruapehu's ski slopes has announced it will sell season passes for 2023 - despite being in voluntary administration.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts made the call during a period of… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Ousted health boss Rob Campbell says plans to trim waste and bureacracy in Te Whatu Ora will need to be sped up - and it will involve re-allocating or cutting hundreds of jobs.

Campbell was sacked as… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.Vanuatu is currently being lashed by its second cyclone in the space of two days.

Cyclone Kevin is currently a Category 3 system with winds gusting up to 185km/h.

It's on a path to hit Vanuatu's… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.More than 30 Auckland roads are still closed following back to back to extreme weather events including the anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.

That's down from a peak of 120 roads… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.But we begin on Auckland's West Coast where tonight Muriwai residents are still waiting for answers after a community meeting left them with very few.

There are now 128 red-stickered properties with… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Some flood isolated communites could be weeks away from being reconnected with temporary bridges still in the design phase.

The government has anounced three bailey bridges have already been built… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.

Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A year ago today the 23 day occupation of Parliament by anti-mandate protestors came to its shocking and violent end.

RNZ video journalist Angus Dreaver captured the dramatic moments for Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Muriwai residents - who have been out of their homes for two weeks - are desperate to hear about progress.

Nearly 200 homes were evacuated after Cyclone Gabrielle brought down landslides, residents… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.

Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.Already battered Vanuatu is bracing for its second cyclone in 24 hours.

Tropical Cyclone Judy hit parts of Vanuatu as a category four system - but it's dissipated as it moves away, and has been… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.More than 40 extra freight trucks per day will be on the already fragile roads of Northland after a major slip on the region's main rail network.

The North Auckland Line, between Swanson and… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.After a three year absence the New Zealand Golf Open is back with record prize money up for grabs.

The tournament at Millbrook Resort in Arrowtown has a field of 156 professionals and 156 amateurs -… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Temporary villages could go up in Hawke's Bay to help house up to 1000 people displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Housing minister Megan Woods was on the ground today - to get a feel for how desperate… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The destruction brought by Cyclone Gabrielle has destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure across the North Island.

The recovery is set to cost billions and in some cases the damage caused will… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.Hundreds of people queued to get a taste of California in Wellington today.

American chain In-N-Out burger has set up a pop up site in the city.

Our reporter Samuel Rillstone and cameraman Angus… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Hawke's Bay locals didn't hold back when they had a chance to tell senior police and local mayors what it's like living in the flooded region, with looters prowling around.

After surviving the… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel both sing about it, and it plays a starring role in one of Humphrey Bogart's most memorable lines.

Now a New Zealand made Gin's been named a world best. Roots… Read more Audio