Earlier: Two poodles that "didn't look like dogs anymore", starved horses and a kitten dumped in a rubbish bin have made this year's SPCA List of Shame.

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: New Zealand's biggest seafood exporter Sanford has been having issues getting salmon exports to China cleared through Chinese ports

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.

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

Earlier: Hundreds of evacuated Tasman residents are entering a fourth day of uncertainty about the fate of their homes and livestock as a massive blaze near Nelson continues to burn.

Fire, police, and Civil Defence have reassured residents that evacuation was not a decision taken lightly, and they would get people back into their homes as soon as it was safe.

Earlier: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has praised firefighters tackling the "mammoth" Nelson bush inferno as a $20,000 relief fund was unveiled.

Focus Live: Kris Faafoi on the future of NZ’s media sector

Earlier:Firefighters have been working overnight to contain a devastating blaze in the Tasman district which has burned large tracts of land, destroyed homes and killed livestock.

Earlier: Man uses digger to save home from Tasman blaze

Earlier: Helicopters are attacking the 1870ha fire, spread across 20km, from the air as Civil Defence declares a state of emergency and more than 170 homes have been evacuated or self-evacuated.

Earlier: More than 100 homes have been evacuated or self-evacuated with people registering with the Civil Defence Centre in Wakefield.

Earlier: Hundreds of people have gathered before dawn at the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi.

Earlier: Pōwhiri welcomes PM Jacinda Ardern at Waitangi