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The police are appealing for the public's help to identify the suspect who killed a 34-year-old dairy worker in Auckland. 

A robber entered the Rose Cottage Dairy in Sandringham just after eight… Audio

Auckland Museum's resident Tyrannosaurus rex, Peter, is getting a new friend.

Her name's Barbara - she's one of only three pregnant female T-rex skeletons discovered, standing 11.7 metres in length… Audio

Volunteer firefighters say years of delays in local planning for fire and flooding risks are getting in the way of  equipping and training them.

Fire and Emergency  has had five years to get the… Audio

The National Party says its being forced to reconsider axing the top tax rate because the economy is in worse shape than predicted.  

The Reserve Bank yesterday raised the official cash rate by the… Audio

Tighten your belts and prepare for recession - the Reserve Bank's hawkish move to turbo-charge interest rates doesn't stop here.

After raising the wholesale interest rate 75 basis points to four and… Audio

Much of National's tax package is now under review after the shock economic forecasts, with the plan to scrap the top tax rate on the chopping block.

The government's defending higher interest rates… Audio

A Treaty of Waitangi claim has been filed by Ngaati Wairere over a proposed housing project in Hamilton, which would be on top of a historical site.

The development is planned for the Sonning car… Audio

Five years after being set up, FENZ has not completed any local plans to assess each community's fire and flooding risks even though it is required by law.

It has set up just seven of the 16 local… Audio

The man who was stabbed while out walking his dog in Christchurch last week has died in hospital.

He was attacked in Bexley Park early last Monday morning, and found shortly after 6 o'clock when his… Audio

The Maritime Union's backing the Ports of Auckland board as its spat with the city's mayor continues.

Wayne Brown has continued his attack on the port's leadership, saying he's lost confidence and… Audio

The Green Party wants the leaders of oppressed nations to address Parliament.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been invited to speak to MPs, though it's still not clear when exactly it will… Audio

The Nurses Union says there shouldn't be a witch hunt to find out who's been handing out Health Minister's contact details at the Wellington Hospital emergency department. 

Nurses at Wellington… Audio

Making the switch to electricity to power your appliances and cars could become cheaper than using gas and fuel by 2025.

New research commissioned by the Electricity Networks Association projects… Audio

Scientists have confirmed that the eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcano in January this year was truly off the scale. NIWA marine geologist Kevin MacKay  talks to Jesse. Audio

Lowering the voting age boosts turnout and life-long political participation - that's the key finding of international research published by Oxford University on those countries that have made the… Audio

The government is pushing on with an online identity checking system despite persistent gaps around its implications for humans rights, ethics and Māori.

The Identity Check system is being tested in… Audio

A Wellington mother says she had harrowing experience at city's the hospital's emergency department earlier in November.

The woman who we are not naming to protect her daughter's privacy says she was… Audio