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What three things would you want for a prison escape? Would a ouija board, a strong imagination and a credulous captor be on your list? They were key tools in 1916 for two prisoners of war in the… Audio

Foreign nationals could be using fraudulent vaccine exemptions to get out of having a jab before entering the country.

There are worries health authorities might not be alert to the problem.

Conan… Audio

There were around 80 flood related call outs in the Manawatu town yesterday evening.

Fire and Emergency says some of the calls were quite serious and a number of homes were evacuated.

It was a… Audio

A series of investigations are underway into a Kaiapoi GP who's been filmed handing out medical certificates and schooling patients in how to pass them off as official vaccine exemptions.

Newshub… Video, Audio

Despite years of efforts to clean up South Canterbury's Wainono Lagoon, it has now been declared too toxic to swim in or fish.

For the first time, the toxic algae, cyanobacteria has been found… Audio

A 16-year-old has been charged with the murder of another teenager in Christchurch - the third death of teen in the city this year.

It follows the shooting dead of 16 year old Connor Whitehead last… Audio

A 16-year-old has been charged with the murder of a Christchurch teen who was assaulted in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The police say the 18-year-old man was assaulted in the carpark of the… Audio

From 11:59pm Thursday, the whole country will be in the new traffic light framework.

So it will be goodbye alert levels, hello red and orange - no green just yet.

Councils around the country are… Audio

Marlborough Sounds killer Scott Watson has again been denied parole, 23 years after he was imprisoned for the murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

The 50-year-old was sentenced to life in prison in… Audio

The entire South Island has been given the orange light under the new Traffic Light system so life on the mainland can almost get back to normal.

From this Friday new freedoms will allow mingling… Audio

Cabinet will meet today to decide what colour each region will be in when alert levels are replaced by the new traffic light system on Friday.

Some businesses are having to make tough decisions about… Audio

Yesterday's rise in the official cash rate is being described as a kick in the guts for first home buyers.

After the Reserve Bank hiked its benchmark rate by 0.25 percent, commercial banks moved… Audio

The South Island West Coast has seen a surge of interest from players large and small in gold prospecting.

Spurred on by a relatively high gold price, up by nearly 20 percent on the start of last… Audio

A legal victory means a group of Afghans hiding from the Taliban could soon be able to come here.

The men and women helped the New Zealand defence force but were told their visa applications to help… Audio

Farmers and their townie mates are determined to keep pressuring the Government to back off what they see as unnecessary expensive change.

Driving tractors and utes, they clogged streets in all of… Audio

Footage showing up to three bodies inside the Pike River mine is being described as cold comfort by some of the families.

Relatives of the 29 men have been waiting for more than a decade for such… Audio

Did the country's aviation regulator do enough to prevent one of New Zealand's worst helicopter crashes from happening, and have changes been made to stop one happening again.

These are some of the… Audio

While the loss of international visitors to West Coast glacier towns has caused job cuts, businesses to close and people to leave, further up the Coast, the picture is a bit rosier.

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