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Air New Zealand is warning there could be more disruptions to come as wild weather, sickness and engineering issues have already disrupted some school holiday travel.

The airline has brought back its… Video, Audio

A young family has been left traumatised and scared after 10 youths ram raided their North Shore dairy, which they live above.

Nimesh Patel was woken by an alarm just before 1am, peering out his… Video, Audio

After a three-year upgrade in Canada, the naval vessel HMNZS Te Mana has returned to New Zealand shores.

The frigate and her 170-strong crew sailed into Waitematā Harbour this morning with Minister… Audio

A crowd of locals have given a behind the scenes look at Whanganui Port, ahead of its planned $50 million revamp.

It's the first community-led management project since the Whanganui River gained… Video, Audio

The remains of more than 100 Moriori have been returned today, repatriated from London's Natural History Museum where they've been held for a century.

It's the largest-ever return of ancestors, and… Video, Audio

SPCAs around Aotearoa are heaving and the Christchurch branch is no exception after more than 20 puppies were dumped near the Waimakariri River.

That means foster pet parents are close to maxed out… Video, Audio

In Dunedin excitement is building ahead of the return of top tier international rugby to the southern city.

The All Blacks will take on Ireland in the second test at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday… Video, Audio

At one of the busiest hospitals in the country, there are three times more patients with the flu, compared to those with Covid.

Middlemore in Auckland isn't the only hospital under major strain, with… Audio

A scathing review has found flouridating water was "not a priority" for Wellington Water and was inconsistently done for six years.

Wellington Water has been told to take a "relentless" shift in… Video, Audio

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot in an apparent assassination attempt.

The 67-year-old was giving a speech on a street in the western city of Nara.

Witnesses say Abe, Japan's… Video, Audio

There's been a breakthrough in what's a been a major point of contention in the trans-Tasman relationship - the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia.

New Zealand Prime Ministers have long… Video, Audio

An investigation's underway after Auckland Council staff classified an elderly homeless woman, who was later found dead in her car, as a freedom camper, and had not done more to help her.

Yesterday… Video, Audio

It was once a bland, boring carpark, now it's a brand new building - inspired by the wild winds of Wellington.

The capital's new convention centre Tākina is well on the way to being finished.

Media… Video, Audio

The lower South Island has some of the worst pollution rates in the country, a new study has found, with Christchurch, Timaru and Invercargill among the highest per capita.

Data released this week… Audio

The All Blacks have made just one change to the starting 15 for their next encounter with the Irish on Saturday in Dunedin.

Dalton Papali'i takes over at blindside from Scott Barrett, who moves to… Audio

The war in Ukraine, an economic crisis, a global battle for power waged on the ground and online - all in all - "bloody messy".

That was the assessment of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, speaking to… Audio

Latest figures show there could be an uptick in vaccination rates for childhood diseases following an entrenched downward slide that started well before Covid.

In September 2021 immunisation coverage… Video, Audio

Central Auckland business owners are frustrated with a slow trickle of customers, disruptive and noisy construction, and what they feel is an increase in crime.

The once vibrant CBD is lined with… Audio