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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has lashed out at what he says were "spurious allegations" levelled against two men acquitted over donations fraud today. The former deputy prime minister's comments come after an anonymous duo — accused of obtaining by deception after donations to the New Zealand First Foundation (NZFF) — were this morning found not guilty in the High Court. "From the momen...

Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican congressional leader and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, instead “pouring gasoline on the fire” by aggressively tweeting his false claims of a stolen election and celebrating his crowd of supporters as “very special," the House investigating committee showed Thursday night. The next day...

No change for the All Blacks so far on and off the pitch. The squad for the Rugby Championship is largely unchanged, with Cane remaining captain and Ethan de Groot and Shannon Frizell being called in from the Ireland series. Behind the scenes, Foster remains the head coach and Joe Schmidt has been left out for South Africa. Weekend Sport host Jason Pine joined Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOV...

A senior lawyer maintains handing home detention sentences to repeat drink drivers isn't letting them off the hook. It comes after a recidivist drunk driver killed a woman in February - but was only sentenced to an 11 months home detention. Steve Cullen told Heather Du Plessis-Allan it's a fair ruling - as we have one of the most incarcerated populations in the western world. “What use is jail wit...

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The longer this Ian Foster stuff drags on, the more obvious or like it’s becoming that the New Zealand Rugby Union aren’t going to fire Fozzie. Of course, they should fire Fozzie, he should never have been appointed. I’m not saying this with malice, you’ll recall just last month I was arguing that the man deserved a chance, but he’s had his chance and the stats are horrible. First coach to lose to...

Newstalk ZB Chief Political Reporter, Jason Walls, joined Heather du Plessis-Allan to discuss whether our businesses can expect any new help from the Government, the Prime Minister's photo with youth MPs in which just one person can be seen wearing and mask and Ardern's stand up with media today.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.