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Focus: 11 level crossings in Auckland are getting safety upgrades

$7.6 million will pay for new automatic gates and hazard lights.

Focus: Bucket Racing committee protest in Aotea Square

Auckland Regional Council has announced it is closing down the Mt Wellington kart/bike track prematurely, two years before the new track is proposed to be finished.

Focus: Roger Twose on the Wynyard Quarter penthouses

Interview with Roger Twose, a director of Willis Bond which developed Wynyard Central, where the last of 4 penthouses is being marketed.

Focus: Four-day week becomes permanent at Kiwi company

New Zealand trusts business Perpetual Guardian has signed off on the four-day week, turning an experiment into company policy.

Traces of plastics chemical detected in Wellington aquifer

Chemical found in plastic detected in tests on Hutt City aquifer.

Focus: BPA found in Wellington's drinking water

Traces of Bisphenol-A, a chemical commonly used in plastic packaging, has been discovered in Wellington's drinking water.

Focus: Cattle truck and trailer flips on motorway

Holy cow! Stock truck and trailer flips on Auckland's Northern Motorway.

Tsunami warning system that could have saved lives 'put on hold'

Following the 2004 tsunami which killed 250,000, an early warning system was developed.

Focus: Changing face of housing and community in Glen Innes

John Holyoake, chief executive of the Tamaki Redevelopment Company talks about the changing face of housing and community in Glen Innes.

Focus: PM Jacinda Ardern addresses the United Nations

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her first statement to the UN General Assembly.

Watch in VR: Child bride tale: 'This one got to me'

Filmmaker Gabo Arora describes how this child bride story affected him deeply.

Watch: PM pushes UN on gender equality - 'Me Too must become We Too'

PM speaks at UN, expected to give response to Trump, talk climate change.

Four-year-old Kiwi boy born deaf, now speaks three languages

Cochlear implants were a game-changer for four-year-old Matthias Berndt.

Simon Wilson: Tamihere's on the warpath but won't run for mayor

John Tamihere will not stand for mayor, but he sure is on the attack against council.

Illegal occupants refuse to leave $2m St Heliers home

Occupant told landlady he would pay his rent only if she "takes off her pants".

Focus: Kids are smarter when screen time is limited to just 2 hours a day

A new study in the US has found that limiting screen time to less 2 hours a day is associated with improved cognition.

'I don't know who got the bigger fright'

Kyle Mulinder explains what it felt like to be slapped by a seal with an octopus.

Focus: Seal slaps Kaikōura kayaker in the face with an octopus

The bizarre moment a kayaker got slapped by a seal with an octopus in Kaikōura was captured on video and shared on social media.