Earlier: The latest update on the Lime scooter ban

Earlier: Finance Minister Grant Robertson on China, tax and volatility

Earlier: Yesterday it was reported that Air New Zealand would be slashing domestic airfares by up to 50 per cent as part of a strategy to stimulate its domestic market.

Earlier: PM Jacinda Ardern's on the Tax Working Group's report

Earlier: Two men are scheduled to appear in court today after allegedly attempting to smuggle 110kg of methamphetamine and two handguns into New Zealand inside golf cart batteries.

Earlier: Is it time for first-home buyers to move to the regions?

Cyclone Oma has swerved away from New Zealand, leaving in its wake a drizzly nuisance.

Comment: Credibility is on the line.

Earlier: Lime scooters - gone by lunchtime?

Earlier: Peters has made it clear in the past he is not a fan of a capital gains tax.

Earlier: Rents could rise and house prices fall if the government goes ahead with a capital gains tax, says the Tax Working Group.

Earlier: Police were made aware of both a bank robbery in Kawerau and a family harm incident about 9am today where the offender was reported to be armed.

Earlier: The Tax Working Group has recommended the Government implement a capital gains tax - and use the money gained to lower the personal tax rate and to target polluters.

Liam Dann and Duncan Bridgeman discuss the financial results released by some of New Zealand's biggest companies.

Earlier: Housing Minister Phil Twyford gives Kiwibuild update

Earlier: Salvation Army launches mobile trucks to combat predatory ones which charge up to 800% interest on food and clothes.

Earlier: The Canadian professor who became an internet sensation with a cult-like following has given his first performance in Auckland.

Earlier: A new political poll has brought more bad news for National leader Simon Bridges, showing the party down four points to 42 per cent and his personal polling also down a point to just 6 per cent.

Earlier: Weddings bells could be chiming for former bachelor Art Green and his beau Matilda Rice today, with speculation a secret island wedding is on the cards.

Earlier: SkyCity convention centre had Grenfell Tower-like cladding: $25m to remove

Malcolm Rewa is on trial for a third time, accused of murdering Susan Burdett in 1992.

Earlier: Officials give update on Tasman fire situation

"I saw her legs over the side of the bed, naked from the waist down."

WATCH: The restaurant called the incident 'a mistake'.

Earlier: Is it racist to refer to 'Asians' on a restaurant receipt?

Earlier: Wakefield residents who were forced to flee their homes to escape the fire risk could be allowed to return tonight, officials say.

Earlier: More than 20 years since he last faced trial over the killing, Malcolm Rewa walked into an Auckland courtroom today with his shoulders hunched and a ring hanging from his neck. For the third time the rapist stands before a jury accused of murdering Susan Burdett.

Earlier: Emergency teams are planning for a tricky day ahead as they hope to contain the Tasman blaze with stronger winds forecast today.

Prohibited activities include those where metal meets stone and that can generate sparks.

Earlier: Fire crews brace for at least 48 hours of hard firefighting ahead