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Health experts are calling on the Government to urgently change the way care is provided for those with osteoarthritis.

They say long hospital waiting lists for joint replacement surgery are an… Audio

A new study shows stable housing is the first step towards improving health outcomes for young people who experience homelessness.

The Otago University report says a housing-first approach - without… Audio

Cantabrian Kenny Paton spends a lot of time in his garage making wacky and wonderful inventions, but he's hoping his latest machine could be developed to clean plastic from our beaches. Under the name… Video, Audio

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

Epstein killed himself in a New York… Audio

Chefs and home cooks share their tips on cuisines from all around the world and introduce us to a few key ingredients to get you started on their favourite meals.  Audio

Korora, or little blue penguins, are at increasing risk as weather patterns change and sea temperatures rise. In recent months, masses of the birds have washed up on North Island beaches… Audio

A woman whose son was killed by a driver on a restricted licence says adults must take the law more seriously to save young people from themselves. Police last year caught 5,000 drivers breaking their… Audio

Working with the community and local schools, the Karioi Project aims to turn the tide on biodiversity loss in their area. In recent years they've rallied around the grey-faced petrel, or Ōi, who they… Audio

Over Matariki weekend some general practitioners in south and east Auckland will be taking up the slack for Middlemore's slammed emergency department, staying open longer and providing some free… Video, Audio

KidsCan has launched an urgent appeal to help feed children as winter hits, with its monthly donors having dropped for the first time in the programs 17 year history The charity says it's seeing a… Audio

An emergency doctor says there is massive pressure on the health system as a whole. 

Hutt Hospital emergency physician Dr Tanya Wilton told Checkpoint there are already gaps in rosters, with staff… Video, Audio

Victims of serious crime are missing out on critical help because of what Justice officials themselves admit is an unethical approach to keep within budget.

The admission is in a Budget bid document… Audio

A New Plymouth intermediate school is appealing to the community for help with what it says is a growing vaping problem.

Highlands Intermediate has disciplined 17 students so far this year for vaping… Audio

A social housing developer's leading a revolt against Fletcher Building's effective monopoly on plaster board supplies that's brought some construction companies to their knees.

Simplicity Living has… Video, Audio

An Auckland tetraplegic is relieved the Accident Compensation Corporation has reversed a decision to slash his home help by 14 hours per week following inquiries by RNZ.

Dean Brennan was worried he… Audio

We hear about how Pacific myths and legends are being used to help combat violence against women and girls. Audio

How could DNA improve our health? Prof. Justin O'Connor advocates sequencing the genomes of all the 60,000 children born in NZ each year. A highlight of Auckland University's Raising the Bar series. Audio

Sewing can be a bit daunting but community clothing-repair workshops are popping up around Aotearoa to help people out. Since April, Wellingtonians have been learning how to mend their own items at … Video, Audio

The "brotherhood" of New Zealand photojournalists has answered the call of a terminally-ill colleague to help out the cash-strapped Taranaki Hospice.

Rob Tucker - a former illustrations editor at the… Video, Audio

Five NZDF personnel are on their way to the UK to help with the Ukrainian war effort, with another 25 to follow early next week.

They'll be training Ukrainian military personnel on how to operate a… Video, Audio

A charity working with at risk youths, is hoping to stop them from becoming part of the crime wave of ram raids by mentoring them amongst actual sheep! Springboard mentor Sheralyn Cotton talks to… Audio

Christchurch City councillors will soon vote on how to compensate people in Bromley worst-affected by the overwhelming stench coming from the city's wastewater treatment plant.

Thousands of… Audio

The Horowhenua District Council is appealing for anyone with spare housing to help out people displaced by Levin's tornado.

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When 24 year old Christian Prescott left Mt Albert Grammar he thought he was destined to be a tradie. Instead he set up New Zealand's first professional sneaker cleaning business. Now he's giving back… Video, Audio