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5:46 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about an intense low pressure system, which is being described as a 'bomb cyclone,' which today began to hit coastal communities along Australia's… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.Wimbledon is now underway and the hot topic has been the historic heatwave which hit the competition with sweltering temperatures.The weather may be heating up but one tennis great is calling for cool… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The government is introducing instant fines for shoplifters, with penalities up to $1000. It said low level theft is a real scourge on the community and public confidence in the justice system is… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Youth MPs are accusing the government of censoring them over changes to their speeches in Parliament. The 11th Youth Parliament is underway, drawing young people from all over the country to… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Wanaka's health woes have taken centre stage today at a fiery public meeting with government ministers. At the third stop on a rural roadshow, Matt Doocey, Mark Patterson and health chiefs were… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A rising number of people are considering ditching insurance, taking a gamble to cope with rising prices. New figures from Centrix show almost half a million people are behind on debt repayments, with… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.A fledgling Hawkes Bay business is ten of thousands of dollars out of pocket after six burglaries in just two months. Pedalista is a mobile coffee and bike repair service that operates from a… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Nearly half of Kiwi adults say they're skipping going to the dentist because they can't afford it. Research has shown that's costing the country billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp has been laid to rest today on the grounds of a small church at Opaea Marae among the rolling hills of Taihape, in the central North Island. The Tāmaki… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.All Black Ardie Savea is backing his under-fire Super Rugby Pacific side. Savea captained Moana Pasifika to their most successful season on record this year, but the franchise's funding model is now… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.It's a question that may have grated on you for sometime, does too much cheese give you weird dreams? According to new research, yes it does, but not just any dreams, nightmares. An online survey of… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the suspect accused of starting a bushfire and fatally two firefighters in the state of Idaho, who has now been named. Audio

4:06 PM.A photo of a pound of butter being sold for more than $18 has proved a lightening rod for shoppers concerns about food prices. The Consumer NZ post about the mainland semi soft butter in a tub has got… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.UK correspondent Grace Thomas spoke to Lisa Owen about controversial comments made by one of the acts on the Glastonbury stage, as well as the changes Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to make to the… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:31 PM.Formula One driver Liam Lawson's sixth place finish at the Austrian Grand Prix marked a personal milestone as well as one for New Zealand motorsport. Not only was this Lawson's best result of his… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.A teenager participating in the government's young offender bootcamp pilot has been kicked out of the programme, after appearing in court. The pilot programme wraps up in just a few weeks' time… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.After a weekend of major flooding, Motueka Valley residents are already being warned to brace for yet another potential deluge later this week. The area has been one of the hardest hit by flooding… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Unemployment is currently at 5.1%, with 156,000 people out of work. As the cost of living crisis continues to ravage discretionary spending, according to Stats NZ food prices have also gone up 4.4% in… Read more Audio

4:49 PM.The much hyped weightloss drug Wegovy, also marketed as Ozempic, is expected to be in high demand when it becomes available in New Zealand from tomorrow. But the drug is unfunded so users hoping to… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.They are among New Zealand's lowest paid employees. The wages of home and community support workers, who look after the country's elderly, typically max out about $29 an hour. They also use their own… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Four new agencies have been put in charge of determining how Whānau Ora resources are distributed to Maori communities across the country. It's the biggest shake up in the history of Whānau Ora since… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.An injury cloud hovers over the All Blacks ahead of the team's first game of the season as Scott Robertson has lost a couple of key players who will sit out the opening test against France this… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.A Marlborough animal rescue has lost all its feed in flood waters which also destroyed farm equipment and shelters as the property was swamped. Te Paranui Animal and Farm Sanctuary near Koromiko is… Read more Audio