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A cardiac surgeon fears patients will die on waiting lists, as operations continue to be delayed.

The Cardiac Society says patients needing urgent procedures are now waiting much longer than normal.

Cafes are crying out for baristas as the industry faces thousands of vacancies around the country.

And as Louise Ternouth reports, the worker shortage is causing owners to compete at unsustainable… Audio

A multi-terrace housing development in Auckland's affluent eastern suburbs has hit the skids because it does not fit the leafy single house character of the neighbourhood. Video, Audio

About 41,000 people will be bedding down tonight without adequate access to housing - basically the population of Gisborne. And more than a quarter of people are struggling to make ends meet at the… Video, Audio

Bus services in Auckland are being cancelled at an average rate of almost 1500 a day.

Auckland Transport figures show in July there were some days with almost 2000 cancellations. AT announced today… Video, Audio

At least a dozen schools across the country have been forced into lockdown or evacuated, after being threatened by phone. Police are investigating after schools in Masterton, Kaikoura, Greymouth… Video, Audio

Today on the second half of The Panel, Wallace and panellists Catherine Robertson and Phil Taylor discuss the bill that will create NZ's first smoke free generation. Plus, they speak to our audience… Audio

Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Catherine Robertson and Phil Taylor talk about falling house prices and how to prevent your roof coming unstuck in this wild weather. Also, they talk about… Audio

Wallace and panellists Catherine Robertson and Phil Taylor hear the latest on Dunedin's flooding from Mayor, Aaron Hawkins and speak to a street artist is seeing red over taggers destroying his… Audio

The Associate Education Minister is offering to meet secondary principals who say schools are at breaking point with the stress of staff shortages and student absences. Video, Audio

The Court of Appeal has been grappling with the issue of the fairness or otherwise of life sentences for young people.

The case being heard relates to three people, who committed murder when they… Audio

Christchurch City Council head of Three Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont says the city's water networks are responding reasonably well to the heavy rain.

She told Checkpoint the flood levels in… Video, Audio

Another ram raid, leaving another business owner sweeping broken glass and considering shutting up shop for good.

Thirsty Liquor in Wellington's Island Bay is the latest to be targeted - with a… Video, Audio

National leader Christopher Luxon admits it was a mistake to share posts on social media suggesting he was visiting provincial New Zealand when we was actually holidaying in Hawaii.

Luxon travelled… Audio

Many areas of Christchurch are underwater, dealing with what's been described as the worst flooding since the earthquakes.

The high tide has just passed, with the rivers already running across roads… Video, Audio

It's been a hard road to Hawke's Bay but the new highway from Manawatū is taking shape.

Since slips forced the Manawatū Gorge road shut in 2017 drivers have faced slow, hilly detours. The new… Video, Audio

School's back and the backlog of stranded passengers at airports around the country is finally clearing with the last 100 or so people on flights home tonight.

Air New Zealand was forced to put on… Video, Audio

Some Countdown supermarkets are ditching plastic bags from the produce department in a sprinkling of stores country-wide.

It means shoppers will have to bring their bags, boxes, buckets and baskets… Video, Audio

A stranger abduction, not a drifter, but someone who knew the area very well and was probably involved with cannabis.

That's the working theory of the top officer in charge of the Kirsty Bentley… Video, Audio