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The country is heading into the middle of winter and Covid-19 cases are rising, with some health experts saying a newer variant could swamp Aotearoa in the next few weeks.

Cases of BA-5 are roughly… Audio

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Ready Player One? Otago Museum is transforming into an interactive game zone as part of its latest exhibition.

Code Breakers celebrates video games created by New Zealand and Australian women and… Audio

Locals in a Hawke's Bay community are devastated and angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.

The Waipukurau SPCA will soon close its doors and it's not the only small centre facing… Video, Audio

No traffic lights, no tarseal and an 80km/h speed limit. Driving in the Chatham Islands is as laid back as the way of life, but it still requires a licence.

And that means a trip to the mainland for… Video, Audio

It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too.

As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a… Video, Audio

This deal mean Aotearoa's cheese industry gets a bigger nibble at the European market according to the government.

It says there will be new and improved quota access for more than 31,000 tonnes of… Video, Audio

It's the $1.8 billion deal the PM says unlocks access to one of the world's biggest and lucrative markets.

But the free trade agreement signed with the EU has left the meat and dairy sectors with a… Audio

Today Lynda talks about an initiative launched by the Royal Horticultural Society in the UK, calling on gardeners not to dig for victory (as in wartime vege growing) but to dig for victory against… Audio

New Zealand will learn overnight if negotiators have managed to secure a trade deal with the European Union.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Brussels early this morning, where talks have… Video, Audio

A large police operation to clear out an established occupation at Māhanga Bay in Wellington has dragged on most of the day.

Six people have been arrested and more have been shifted out of the area.

Plastic. It's not so fantastic, according to 100,000 New Zealanders who've signed a petition urging the government to ban single-use plastic bottles.

But with about a billion of them sold in this… Audio

The ongoing spread of Omicron, influenza and other winter illnesses is being described by one urgent care doctor as a "tsunami".

Health Minster Andrew Little said the health system as a whole is… Video, Audio

Classical musical piped into the shearing shed, white walls to better spot blood splatters and mattresses at the end of the sheep chute, on a certified carbon zero high country farm, has some people… Video, Audio

The government is supplying thousands of masks to school kids and staff in a bid to curb the spread of Covid.

It has also revised its advice on testing for re-infections of the virus, as thousands of… Video, Audio

'Bereft of any humanity ... nothing less than torture'. A judge's words as he sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for the murder of a five-year-old boy.

Malachi Subecz was beaten, starved, burnt… Audio

Midday News for 30 June 2022

The police in Wellington have arrested six people during an operation on the Miramar Peninsula to remove occupiers who have been camping there for months.

The Prime… Audio