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Some parents returning to work are facing childcare bills of $15,000 or $20,000 a year, and the industry is warning bills could rise.

Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says his focus is on issues facing Kiwis - not on joining the chorus to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has taken aim at the government's cost of living and climate policies in his State of the Nation speech in Auckland.

It might pay to stay up late next week with a total lunar eclipse taking place.

A lone operator at a Christchurch dairy was left terrified after a group rushed into her store, confronted her with a machete and made demands for cash, cigarettes, vapes and confectionery.