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12:15 PM.Police are remaining tight-lipped over the fatal shooting of a Taranaki man over the weekend, as investigations continue.

22-year-old Kaoss Price was shot by officers after he rammed a police car… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A person died at Ports of Auckland this on Tuesday morning after a fall from a height.

The stevedore company Wallace Investments confirmed it was one of their staff members.

RNZ reporter in Auckland… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A person's died during the loading and unloading of freight at the Ports of Auckland this morning and Russia begins it's assault on the East. 

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12:46 PM.The first New Zealander has been appointed to United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, advocating and championing iwi taketake globally.

Dr Valmaine Toki no Ngāti Rehua… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.More than 2,300 homes across Tairawhiti have been without power, in the aftermath of the former Cyclone Fili.

Overnight wind gusts were measured at 100 kilometres per hour at Poua, between Gisborne… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.New Zealand Rugby has decided to delay the vote on the lucrative deal. Audio

12:16 PM.The soaring cost of living is pushing people in precarious financial circumstances over the edge.

Fruit and veggie prices went up 18 percent in the last year; fuel costs are high; and inflation is… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.There's been a major setback in the fight for nurses to fix the gender pay gap.

The Health Minister Andrew Little says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation has decided not to put a pay equity… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.There's hesitation from nurses to accept a pay equity offer, and the cost of living is tipping more New Zealanders over the edge Audio

12:45 PM.The government is funding 16 new projects focussing on mātauranga Māori scientific research.

Each project is receiving about a $250,00, including horticultural and food enterprises, a study into… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Asbestos fibres are leaching into Christchurch's drinking water from ageing underground pipes.

Ōtautahi has nearly 800 kilometres of asbestos-cement piping; and nationwide, that figure is around… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Football Ferns coach Jitka Klimková believes the team can take plenty of positives from their two losses to Australia as they build towards the next World Cup. Audio

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

12:16 PM.Food banks are seeing high demand for their services, as the cost of living continues to rise.

The latest figures from Stats NZ which came out this morning show food prices went up 7.6 percent in the… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Heavy rain brought by former cyclone Fili is causing damage as it falls on already sodden ground around Tairāwhiti and Wairoa.

A red rain warning is in place for those regions, where steady rain has… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Heavy rain's causing damage in already-drenched Tairawhiti and Wairoa, and Australians fly in without isolating. Audio

12:45 PM.In Ukraine, authorities say 120,000 children have been forcibly taken to Russia since the invasion began.

Two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have been forced from their homes.

President Volodomyr… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.MetService has issued severe weather warnings for large parts of the North Island, with red warnings for Gisborne and the Wairoa District.

Between 200 and 350 millimetres of rain is expected to fall… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.The Rugby Players Association says its been battling for years to have concerns about the Black Ferns taken seriously. Audio

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

12:17 PM.The man who killed a rising MMA star in a late night Auckland attack last year has been sentenced to just under three years in jail.

25 year old Liufau Vake died in hospital nine days after being… Read more Audio