Wellington Region Emergency Management Office is urging residents in the Greater Wellington region to work from home today if they can, due to heavy rain in the region.

Enes Kanter Freedom is a former NBA player who lost his job for speaking out on human rights abuses in China and Turkey.

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney details the stabbing attack at a summer festival in Germany, by a suspect thought to be linked to Islamic State.

The West Coast town of Ross has been cut out of a popular cycle route after the Totara Rail Bridge - used by pedestrians and cyclists - had to be closed for safety.

What began as a start up bike design project in a Wairarapa woolshed has now broken into the Australian market.

Some employers are sounding alarm over the government's plans to restructure Te Pūkenga.

Comedians Te Radar and Donna discuss some of the contenders for strangest pet insurance claim of the year.

The All Blacks coaching group lasted only five tests - Sam looks at the what Leon MacDonald's departure means for the ABs, plus the return of the America's Cup and the farewell of a Warriors great.

Thirty years ago, British production collective The Ballistic Brothers released London Hooligan Soul, a diverse double-LP overview of UK club culture. A remastered 30th Anniversary edition has just been reissued, and we'll hear two key tracks from that today, followed by chiming guitar business from Auckland's Silk Cut and some 80s Afro-disco from Ghana's Kofi Ayivor.

An independent panel has given the go-ahead for a controversial housing development for 202 homes at Ngongotaha in Rotorua.