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People living in a contaminated street in Napier are anxiously waiting to find out exactly how dangerous it is.

All properties on McLeod Street in Awatoto are being tested for various pollutants… Audio

Freight trucks can finally move along a critical supply route for Hawke's Bay, much to the relief of local businesses.

Vital supply convoys have begun along State Highway 5 from Napier to Taupō after… Audio

Nearly one month on from Cyclone Gabrielle, some in Hawke's Bay remain without power.

Candle-lit baths, darkened houses or a noisy generator have become the new normal.

But the lights are slowly… Audio

A group of Kāpiti Coast kairaranga or weavers, has been teaching the local council harakeke tikanga after they say several flax plants were butchered last year.

There's a call for similar workshops… Audio

Around 50 brewers from across the country will descend on Christchurch's Hagley Park this weekend, for the annual Great Kiwi Beer Festival. 

Up to 12,000 people are expected through the gates to… Audio

Christchurch Hospital nurses say their safety is being put at risk while Te Whatu Ora weighs up building some much needing parking for them.

A shortage of parks at the hospital has seen nurses… Audio

Three Waters, the Covid-19 response and the needs of rural communities are front of mind for Cantabrians as they digest news about the incoming PM and consider where to cast their vote this year.

In… Audio

The mother of a teenage cancer patient says unmasked Mongrel Mob members in Christchurch Hospital's intensive care unit put her son at risk.  

Anne-Maree Thomas says no one seemed willing to ask the… Audio

Enough hampers and presents to fill a rubgy field for those in need in our largest city. Charities were spreading Christmas cheer up and down the motu. From New Zealand's national stadium to community… Audio

Hundreds of blades of flax are being weaved to raise awareness of safe baby sleeping practices in Christchurch.

Between 40 to 60 babies die each year from sudden unexplained death in infancy, where… Audio

A Gun City store was ram raided in Christchurch overnight.

Police say they were called to the Cranford Street store at about half-past-two this morning

In a separate incident, another store was… Audio

Teachers say they do not have enough time to give students quality relationship and sexual health education but believe it's increasingly necessary.

Many of the nearly 200 surveyed by Canterbury… Audio

Police are outside two houses near where a man was repeatedly stabbed in Christchurch.

The man was attacked while walking his dog and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Police have issued… Video, Audio

It's been an emotionally charged day at Coroner's Court in Christchurch, as a joint inquest into a 2018 murder and sudden death got underway.

The ashes of 27-year-old Nicole Tuxford, who was brutally… Audio

A joint coronial inquest into a murder and a suspected suicide starts in Christchurch this morning. 

Nicole Tuxford was murdered by Paul Tainui in her Christchurch home in 2018, while he was on… Audio

A South Auckland police officer has been seriously injured after being hit by a fleeing stolen car in Manukau city centre.

The officer was deploying road spikes last night near the Manukau District… Audio

The New Zealand Trotting Cup is taking place at Addington Raceway in Christchurch this afternoon.

It's a big day on the Christchurch social calendar, and some revelers are already getting into the… Audio

A massive fire north of Christchurch was sparked by a firework being let off.

The blaze burned through 160ha of pine forest and scrub along a five kilometre stretch of beach from Pegasus to Woodend.