Rachel Smalley presents comprehensive coverage of local and international news with sport, business and weather updates.
The US-led coalition has disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.
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The Human Rights Commission is calling for higher pay for aged care workers.
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Pasifika students are still most at risk of not achieving in New Zealand schools according to the Education Review Office.
A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund claims New Zealand has failed to follow through on key environmental commitments made at the original Earth Summit .
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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has made a nationally televised appeal to voters to support the European Union's fiscal treaty in a referendum this week, warning that rejection would send the signal that Ireland was not serious about tackling its deficits and was no longer a secure member of the euro currency.
The Syrian government denies killings in a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on "hundreds of heavily armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area.
Less than a year after the birth of an independent South Sudan, fighting with its neighbour Sudan is escalating.
The Spanish government has announced it's injecting another €9 billion into its nationalised bank, Bankia.
One thing working in the new England coach's favour - finally there's no language barrier.
Queen Victoria could never have imagined it of course, but her diaries are now available to read online.
Britain's double-dip recession is worse than first thought, according to a report released today.
Finance Minister Bill English is promising more than 150,000 new jobs in the next four years – but where are they going to come from?
International markets have dropped over night with worries over Greece, so the focus on our financial market will be not large.
There is going to be no shock and awe today – it’s going to be a Budget of austerity and uncertainty. The Government is most likely going to confirm there is a massive deficit of around $11 billion or $12 billion and they will confirm a surplus in 2014/15.
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In this week's tech news we meet the biotech firm that's creating global interest in grass, we go for a ride on Audi's new electric bike, and we'll tell you about a robot the Chinese believe could be used for body searches.
Today's Budget will show us how the Government plans to get the books back in black in just two years, but Berl's chief economist Ganesh Nana believes there is too much emphasis on achieving a surplus.
It was an absorbing and controversial start to this year's State of Origin series in Melbourne.
More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations to freely choose a president for the first time in generations.
Aid agencies say they're disappointed over the failure of the G8 to commit significant amounts of new money to fight poverty.
The 1920s were an era of mass production, consumption and culture but the roar became a pitful cry at the end of the decade.
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