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7:47 AM.Adapting for climate change may not as economically costly as both supporters and opponents of decisive action have long supposed.

That's according to a new Turning Point report out today from the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Cyclone-hit farmers want more Government money in order to recover from the disaster.

The government has doubled its fund for cyclone-affected farmers and growers, with another $26 million added to… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Wairoa is demanding the town not be forgotten, as it starts to grapple with tough questions about its future. 

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the northern Hawke's Bay town remains cut off in… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.It's census day and the count of all the people in New Zealand is underway.

National census day has been extended by up to eight weeks for areas pummelled by the recent cyclone, but that's not the… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The country's first openly transgender Mayor and MP Georgina Beyer is being remembered as a fearless fighter for rainbow rights whose love and compassion will live on forever.

She died yesterday at… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.New Zealand's being warned it needs to wake up to the threat of online voter manipulation in  this year's election.

Experts say the country should consider Europe's move to ban microtargeting that… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.. 

It was planning to channel some of the money normally… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.It's Census Day - and time to fill in your form if you haven't already done so.

The last big count in 2018 was roundly criticised for having the lowest response rate in 50 years, particularly among… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.

It had wanted in its three-year plan to reallocate some of… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Fox News is fighting a massive defamation lawsuit over false claims of election fraud it aired during the US 2020 presidential race.

In its defence, the right-wing network is betting on a decades-old… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The Ironman New Zealand championships returned to Taupō on Saturday for its first full-scale event in three years.

Mike Phillips and Els Visser took out the men's and women's titles. 

And it was a… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the US believe that's achieveable within our lifetime.

Using organoids - which are lab-grown… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Environmentalists are hailing a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans that's been 15 years in the making.

The High Seas Treaty places 30 percent of the seas into protected areas by 2030… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Vanuatu is in clean up mode after facing twin cyclones last week, with Cyclone Judy and then Cyclone Kevin striking within days of each other.

Some parts of the country are still uncontactable after… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A Te Karaka marae has begun restoring some of the most unique examples of Māori weaving, severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle. 

The whāriki were at Rangatira marae, which was destroyed when floods… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.ASB says New Zealanders' expectations of housing prices have done a 180 from this time 2022. 

The bank's latest housing confidence survey shows nearly 50 percent of people expect house prices to fall… Read more Audio