“You don't just leave your loved one behind... It’s a huge, huge day for the Pike River families. We’ve won this battle.” Emotions were running high this morning as John Campbell spoke with Anna Osborne, widow of miner Milton Osborne, following the announcement re-entry into the Pike River Mine will go ahead.

“We are returning. It is now our intention to get this job done and try find out why those 29 men who went to work on 19 November 2010, never came home." The Government has confirmed it’ll go ahead with re-entry into the Pike River Mine, with the first stage planned to begin in February.

#BREAKING Andrew Little has announced the Pike River Mine will be re-entered. We'll be crossing live to Parliament with John Campbell shortly, on TVNZ1.

Statistics New Zealand says meat prices are on the rise, with lamb and sausages experiencing the largest increases just before the summer BBQ season.

Matty McLean sat down for a cup of tea and a chinwag with the LavaLava Boys, to chat about their viral videos and new show ‘Re-Fresh’ - which is heading to TVNZ OnDemand later this month.

What a legend! Fifty years ago Mike "Sooty" Barratt put his hand up to work for the fire brigade. He told Hayley Holt he wakes up every morning with "a smile on my face going to work, loving every day, every moment".

Best selling author and journalist, Peter Fitzsimons, caught up with Jack Tame to give us all the details about his new book, ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’, that follows the dramatic tale of Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian as they sailed the South Pacific.

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Human Rights lawyer Sonja Cooper shared her doubts with Hayley Holt about the government’s move to include “faith-based institutions” in its inquiry into the abuse of children in state care, saying the expansion will make little difference.