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Southlanders have been pitching in helping stranded tourists after flooding cut off State Highway Six, south of Queenstown. 

Laura Douglas - from the small town of Kingston at the bottom of Lake… Audio

A Pacific health provider has adopted a Fonofale model to address social isolation and other issues plaguing Pasifika communities in New Zealand's South Island. Audio

Friends of a cancer patient have rallied to rent billboards in Auckland to help raise funds for a cancer treatment he needs that's not funded in New Zealand.

Andrew Speir was diagnosed with an… Audio

A total of 128 people from the Auckland Pacific community have achieved their goal of gaining a driver's licences after a new initiative from government agencies and business leaders in Auckland. Audio

Are you a leg-jiggler, doodler, hair twiddler or pen clicker? If so, you're not alone. Dr Kat Arney is a science writer and broadcaster who has interviewed academics, neuroscientists and fidgeters for… Audio

Insight - Teresa Cowie heads inside prison to find how a focus on fatherhood could be channelled reducing reoffending Audio

Cycling to work could help you live longer, a major study in the International Journal of Epidemiology has found. Audio

The British government has decided to allow the Chinese telecoms company Huawei to have a limited role in the development of its 5G mobile network.

However it will be excluded from sensitive sites in… Audio

Fish and shellfish account for a significant portion of food-borne illnesses throughout the world, Now a method developed by Cawthron scientists to detect toxins in seafood will help to set a world… Audio

There are hopes an earthquake simulation in Porirua might result in homes being better prepared for a big shake. Houses on Christchurch's Port Hills suffered more damage than houses in other areas… Video, Audio

The Papua New Guinea office of the International Organisation for Migration is working with two groups recently displaced in Bougainville. Audio

A team of New Zealand Salvation Army members have been helping in a New South Wales community devastated by the fires, where they've been caught up in the thick of it.

Wellingtonian Gerry Walker is… Audio

While beekeeping is experiencing a resurgence, Sarah Smuts-Kennedy from For The Love Of Bees is urging Aucklanders to plant flowers and foods that will support bees, rather than leaping headfirst into… Audio

A disabled woman was told she could not have any home help for two weeks over the Christmas break because her assigned days fell on public holidays.

This was despite her Healthcare New Zealand carer… Audio

Volunteers wanting to help wildlife affected by the devastating Australian bushfires are descending on the country - but according to one New Zealander who's helping, up until recently there's been… Audio

Thirty-four New Zealand Defence Force personnel have been digging in on Kangaroo Island, helping their Australian counterparts clean up after bushfires swept through the area.

They've been clearing… Audio

Former mayor turned public housing spokesperson, Garry Moore, has slammed politicans for tit for tat points scoring on the housing crisis.

Recently released figures show the waitlist for public… Audio

The political tit for tat between the Labour-led government and the National party is being blamed for getting in the way of dealing with the root causes of New Zealand's housing crisis.

Recently… Audio

While money can't buy you happiness, spending it the right way certainly can. Audio

Samantha Hughes is a young designer who's identified a need in the healthcare system for a new approach to designing equipment that's often impractical.  Audio

Animals fleeing the devastating Australian bushfires were like a tsunami, a New Zealand volunteer rescuing wildlife in New South Wales says.  Video, Audio

Sarah the Gardener, aka writer and blogger Sarah O'Neil, has three books to her name and gardens on a windswept area of land on Auckland's West Coast. Today Sarah O'Neil is sharing her practical tips… Audio, Gallery

Outdoor enthusiasts will have more tracks to choose from in Auckland's Waitakere Ranges this summer but the battle to keep the deadly kauri dieback disease at bay goes on. In 2017, the council closed… Audio