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The unemployment queue just got a whole lot longer and it's youth that are literally at the front of the firing line. 33,000 more New Zealanders are jobless compared to this time last year, bringing… Read more Audio

The council has issued a do-not-drink notice to residents in Tokomaru town today and the waiting game is now on to see what further testing reveals. However, as Jimmy Ellingham reports, not everybody… Read more Audio

A long-awaited strategy to deal with coastal hazards in Hawke's Bay has finally been released and is calling for urgent action. Many parts of the region's coastline are slipping into the sea, such as… Read more Audio

While last night's duo canoe effort may not have been our proudest sporting moment - there have been plenty of other highlights, both expected and unexpected, from the Paris Games. Visual journalist… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealanders looking after disabled family members say the long hours and lack of support is pushing them to the brink. Carers NZ said it amounts to billions of dollars in unpaid labour and said… Read more Audio

It will go down as one of the most embarassing moments in New Zealand Olympic history. Sports reporter Jonty Dine speaks to Lisa Owen about the kiwi pair Max Brown and Grant Clancy etching themsleves… Read more Audio

An Auckland college is refusing to apologise to a student it booted out for buying cannabis on school grounds even after the ombudsman ruled the punishment was "unreasonable." In 2022, the St Peter's… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about weeks of protests over government job quotas in Bangladesh seeing a seismic shift in the country's government, a court ruling invloving… Read more Audio

New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are job less compared to this time last year, bringing the total to 143,000. Young people aged between 15 and 24 make up almost half of the… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

New Zealand's most successful Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington begins her Paris campaign tonight - looking to add to her six kayak medals. The five time Olympic gold medallist will line up in the heats… Read more Audio

The Tertiary Education Minister is rejecting some costly expert advice on what's best for the future of controversial mega polytech Te Pukenga. The government's committed to disestablishing it and… Read more Audio