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More than half of a $30 million emergency welfare fund has been spent in just over a month, and many of those in need are foreigners and migrant workers who can't get home.

With the borders still… Audio

Dentists say they're facing huge waitlists due to missed appointments during lockdown and they need funding to help some patients whose damage is beyond repair. Under alert level two dentists can… Audio

A tiny island off Nelson is the focus of a community conservation effort. Volunteer trappers are flocking to Haulashore Island to help re-build its special marine ecosystem, that will beckon back… Audio

Artists and musicians are welcoming a $175 million package from the government aimed as protecting the jobs of 90,000 people in the arts and music sectors.

The Prime Minister made the announcement in… Video, Audio

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua could be courtside when netball's ANZ Premiership resumes next month. After being put on hold due to Covid-19, the league is set to restart on the 19th June with… Audio

Before becoming a vet, New Zealander Wendy McCulloch worked as a caterer for some of the biggest acts in music, including Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones. Now based in New York, she's been offering… Audio

A Defence Force helicopter has now joined the search for two trampers missing in a remote part of north-west Nelson.

Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23 and from the Tasman area, started out… Audio

Charles Finny speaks to Jesse Mulligan about what he believes needs to happen next to get the economy moving again. Audio

The creation of new public holidays could be one way to aid the sickly tourism industry.

During a visit to Rotorua yesterday the Prime Minister said she was considering the idea, along with other… Audio

Calls to look at regional rail investment to help with pandemic recovery and the environment. Paul Callister is Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University… Audio

For some children, the nature of what mum and dad does can be very scary. Kris Kennett is a Dunedin-based firefighter, who had an idea to put together a book that aims to reassure children about what… Audio

A new study has been launched aimed at providing parents with information about the risk of COVID-19 to children. Paediatrician Dr Tony Walls joins the discussion. Audio

During the lockdown the homeless were put into motels and other housing but this was only temporary, now under alert level two they could be able to stay off the streets for good.

Government funding… Audio

The Māori economy was worth more than $50 billion before Covid-19. 

But many Māori businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic - with more than $17,000 Māori estimated to have lost their jobs in… Audio

The Budget has been revealed and businesses are thinking about how it will affect them.

Leeann Watson, the chief executive of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and Craig Hudson, the managing… Audio

The international screen industry is turning its focus to New Zealand as a safe location, thanks to its success - so far - in containing Covid-19.

It's hoped other sectors hit hard by the pandemic -… Audio

A Canterbury man who can't find work or access a benefit says he is part of a growing group of New Zealanders whose unemployment is hidden from any official figures.

Because the man's wife still has… Audio

Victoria University entomologist Phil Lester is investigating the prevalence of a disease affecting monarch butterflies - and he's enlisting the help of citizen scientists.The disease, caused by a… Audio, Gallery

As Chinese zoos and aquariums grapple with new bans on wildlife trade, a New Zealand tech entrepeneur is seeing unexpected interest in her latest project.

Melanie Langlotz has helped build a… Audio

Principals fear some students won't return to school at all after lockdown because they've been forced to get full-time jobs to support their families through the pandemic.

It has been almost two… Audio

Agriculture is getting a hand out to alleviate drought related problems, but there's been nothing for horticulture. Horticulture NZ Chief Executive Mike Chapman joins the discussion. Audio

AUT Professor of Tourism, Michael Lueck, says tourism has an opportunity to reshape itself for the domestic market and renew its focus on sustainability. Audio

A loan scheme to assist small to medium businesses set to be announced today, could be the answer to the cashflow problems faced by the sector.

The Small Business Cashflow Scheme was part of the… Audio

Medicines New Zealand says a health ministry statement on Nine to Noon was the first it heard about the government's plans to bring together 'the key players in a coordinated approach' on a national… Audio