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A New Zealand midwife has spent the last few weeks in Peru where she travelled to help a first-time mum give birth in a hut in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. It isn't the first time Sharon… Audio

A fundraiser has been launched in New Zealand to help families affected by the measles epidemic. Audio

Floating platforms are being set up to help the chicks of critically endangered black-billed gulls, who have made a home in the ruins of a quake-damaged building in Christchurch. 

The birds, which… Audio

As Bougainville nears its self-determination referendum, the mine that sparked its bloody civil war is seen as the key to potential independence from Papua New Guinea. Audio

The caretaker president of the Marshall Islands says it's unconscionable that the United States kept secret key information about its nuclear tests for decades. Audio

Actor and playwright Rob Mokoraka advanced on police in Pt Chev in Auckland with a meat cleaver. The police believed he also had a gun, and Rob was subsequently shot in the chest. Rob survived both… Audio

Pasifika community leaders in Auckland are warning about a rise in scams and are urging people not to be ashamed to speak up. Audio

An exhibition showcasing cutting-edge work from nine Pacific artists has opened in Melbourne, Australia. Audio

The MP for Waitaki, Jacqui Dean, has taken the case of a teenager with a lawnmowing business to Parliament. Fourteen-year-old Johnny O'Neill isn't allowed to drive his ride-on lawnmower between jobs… Audio

Not all heroes wear capes... Marley the labrador was a key player in the rescue of a small dog being swept out to sea at Petone beach on Sunday as its upset elderly owner watched on unable to help.

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There are warnings of a worsening funding crisis facing the disability sector, with new evidence suggesting many more potential users than previously thought don't get access to support they are… Audio

Demand for help from disabled people and their families has soared with thousands coming foward for the first time.

The Government is spending $24 million over two years on three a new pilot… Audio

A New Zealand political scientist is backing the call for Australia and New Zealand to make specific commitments to having a Pacific team enter the Super 15 rugby competition. Audio

A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

An RNZ investigation has… Audio

The Cook Islands Democratic Party says the teaching of te reo could be a way to re-populate the outer islands. Audio

Māori teachers and parents are calling for the qualifications authority to change the NCEA timetable to stop disadvantaging Te Reo Māori students.

Many of them are sitting in an exam room for six… Audio

Right now students around the country are studying for exams. We've chosen some music to calm the nerves, focus the mind and motivate the unmotivated! Video

For the first time, three Pasifika students will compete in the Australasian National Chess finals after winning gold at the New Zealand Power Team tournament. Audio

Rescuing asylum seekers from Papua New Guinea's Bomana prison is the aim of a group privately sponsoring the resettlement of refugees in Canada. Audio

Taranaki initiative helping youth to learn to drive and make them more in employable. Audio

RNZ Youth Issues reporter Katie Doyle helps to explain the term "Ok Boomer" used by Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick during her speech in Parliament. Audio

Dozens of teens in Taranaki are on the road to employment after completing a driving-skills programme with a stunt driver among its trainers.

The Taranaki Futures project aims to remove the barriers… Video, Audio

Malaysian financial institutions have been urged to apply more regulations on bankrolling forest clearance in Papua New Guinea. Audio

Samoans are flocking to clinics following news of two more deaths suspected to be from measles. Audio

A former fisheries observer is casting doubt on the effectiveness of asking fishers to move on when they see critically endangered Maui dolphins.

The idea has been put to the government by two of the… Audio