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12:45 PM.Hapū in Kaikohe have come together to lead a hikoi through the town centre calling for peace amid rising gang violence.

Tensions between the Killer Bees and Tribesmen have spilled to the Far North.

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12:42 PM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has secured a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington next week.

The meeting will be the pinnacle of her trip to the US… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:28 PM.The cull has continued in the White Ferns with two more players from the World Cup squad left off the New Zealand Cricket's national contract list. Barry Guy reports. Audio

12:25 PM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:17 PM.The Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown will take part in scheduled talks with China's foreign minister Wang Yi this week.

China's foreign minister is currently touring the Pacific as Beijing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Second booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available for those most at risk of getting very sick from an infection.

The Response Minister Chris Hipkins says several hundred thousand… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Christchurch City councillors will soon vote on how to compensate people in Bromley worst-affected by the overwhelming stench coming from the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Thousands of… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The government wants to delay the introduction of new insulation standards for homes by another six months, due to concerns raised by the construction sector.

The improved standards were meant to be… Read more Audio

12:34 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:29 PM.The clean out of the White Ferns old guard in the wake of a disappointing World Cup earlier this year is building momentum. Audio

12:25 PM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

12:19 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:16 PM.With leaked documents showing China is seeking a region-wide policing and security deal with 10 Pacific countries, the prime minister Jacinda Ardern is urging a unified response.

The issue of Chinese… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Small businesses should be able to tap into a government fund to help them put up bollards or other measures to protect their stores from ram-raids.

There's been a spike reaching about 40 a month of… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Hundreds continue to flow through Ōrākei marae in Tāmaki Makaurau to pay tribute to the late Joe Hawke.

He led the 506 day Takaparawhau Bastion Point occupation in the late '70s.

On this day 44… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The cost of renting keeps surging, with median rents for April hitting a record-breaking $580 a week. 

The latest figures from TradeMe shows tenants are now paying, on average, $40 a week more than… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:26 PM.40 year old triathlete Andrea Hansen will compete at her fourth Commonwealth Games - and will do so for the first time as a mum. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:16 PM.In Tāmaki Makaurau, the police responded to seven firearms incidents overnight.

No injuries have been reported, but the message RNZ is hearing from people in Ōtara, Papatoetoe, Flat Bush, Papakura… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.In the US at least 18 children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting this morning in South Texas.

Robb Elementary School is in the city of Uvalde, about 130 kilometres west of San… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Another school shooting in the US, and seven drive by shootings in Auckland overnight leave neighbours in fear. Audio

12:48 PM.New Zealanders interest in online shopping continues to grow, with spending in the first three months of this year a third higher than last year, according to NZ Post.

It says we spent more than $2.2… Read more Audio