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Fewer patients die and less ICU support is needed when patients with Covid-19 are given corticosteroids.

That's according to new research published today by the Journal of the American Medical… Audio

Snow and rain have helped, but it could take months to fully extinguish a scrub fire in the Mackenzie District.

Property owners who were evacuated were able to return home yesterday. The blaze near… Audio

Stranded on Waiheke Island, sleeping in cars and struggling to make ends meet. According to the Waiheke Budgeting Services Trust, that's the situation 200 foreign nationals are facing, after getting… Audio

Football staff from Tonga, Solomon Islands and Fiji are taking part in a leadership and mentoring course from the English FA. Audio

For most children, learning to read is a challenge. For a small number of children, it can be especially difficult. Carla McNeil is the director of Learning Matters, which helps parents and teachers… Audio

Plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients could be used to treat newly infected patients. This is known as convalescent plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus, which may… Audio

A petition's been presented to Parliament calling on the Government to directly help out the hospitality industry. It asks the government to adopt a scheme similar to one that's in place in the UK… Audio

Philip Guscott specialises in farm succession planning for sheep and beef farmers. As he heads towards retirement, he shares some of the advice he's been giving for the past 35 years. Audio

New Zealand scientists are playing a key role in genome testing being used trace coronavirus cases back to their sources. Audio

The government has unveiled a high profile team of trouble shooters to help protect the country's border.

It is scaling back the use of private security guards at managed isolation facilities, opting… Audio

Despite its own challenges with covid-19, a shrinking economy and less money to spend on foreign aid, the United Kingdom government says it remains committed to its role as a development partner in… Audio

A new nationwide subsidy to cover the period Auckland is in alert level 3 is being rolled out on top of the existing wage subsidy extension as well as access to the sick leave support scheme. The… Audio

The government has revealed its latest financial measures to lessen the economic fall-out under this second wave of Covid-19 under alert levels 2 and 3.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has… Audio

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the biggest protest yet against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed 'Europe's last dictator'. About 200,000 people turned… Audio

Exhausting work days while decked out in full PPE are an ongoing reality for New Zealanders battling on the front line of Melbourne's Covid-19 crisis.

The city's in high level lockdown after the… Audio

Campaigners trying to stop sanguma, or sorcery, related violence in Papua New Guinea say it's everyone's responsibility. Audio

The University of Auckland's Assoc. Prof. Siouxsie Wiles explains how glowing superbugs help in the development of new medicines to fight infection. From Raising the Bar 2020. Audio

Anxiety levels are rising in South Auckland, as the city prepares for the possibility of an extended period at Alert Level 3.

A food bank at Ngā Whare Waatea Marae in Mangere has received triple the… Audio

As Aucklanders spend their first full day back in alert level 3, and the rest of the country in level 2 anxiety levels among many will be on the rise. Audio

Scientists are analysing the genome sequence of the four positive Covid-19 cases at the centre of the current community outbreak to potentially identify how and when the outbreak started, as well as… Audio

There are nine police checkpoints at Auckland's boundaries to prevent residents from leaving - and outsiders coming in.

Members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua are assisting police run the northern… Audio

World leaders have pledged "major" resources to help Lebanon's recovery at a virtual summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, following the devastating explosion in Beirut that left 300,000… Audio

A Māori social housing provider says families renting in the Far North are living in third world conditions and a Green Party policy to build thousands more affordable homes a year is desperately… Audio

Red Cross says thousands of foreign national visa holders in the country may be living in hardship and unaware of the government's $37 million programme of help. There are 355 thousand foreign… Audio