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Storms and flooding driven by climate change have caused massive damage in recent weeks and will only become more common.

Ahead of the first national strategy for dealing with the effects of global… Audio

The Cost of Living Payments being deposited into bank accounts from today are not only going to New Zealand tax payers, but also to people living overseas.

The $116 payment is meant to help people in… Audio

The Prime Minister admits the government knew some ineligible people would receive the $350 cost of living payment.

The first instalment of $116 will be paid today to tax residents who earned less… Audio

Country music queen Tami Neilson is joined on stage by the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra for this special live performance at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in July 2022. RNZ Music's Andre Upston was… Audio

Today for NZ APRA Silver Scroll finalist Georgia Lines is in the Auckland studio to play some tracks from her latest EP, Human, which has been released today. Audio

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could miss out on the government's cost of living bonus as the IRD does not have their bank account details.

The first of three instalments is due on Monday for an… Audio

Two-thirds of students struggle to afford the very basics. Why aren't we doing anything about it? Audio

For our NZ Live segment today we are joined by award-winning alt country singer/songwriter Jenny Mitchell.  Audio

Concerns the high cost of day-to-day living is seeing people taking an eye off their financial future, threatening the ability to afford to retire. This week we saw a thirty-two year inflation high… Audio

Annual inflation has increased 7.3 percent since the June 2021 quarter, the largest year-on-year increase for 32 years, driven by more expensive fuel, building materials, food and housing costs… Audio

Many families across Aotearoa are struggling with rising fuel prices and more expensive food.

It was announced on Monday inflation had hit 7.3 percent.

Nelson-based beneficiary advocate Kay Brereton… Audio

It's common to hear people say they can't think of a worse occupation than being a politician, with the stress and the scrutiny and the workloads. It may come as a surprise then, that,according to a… Audio

Vera Ellen is a Poneke /Wellington/ Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, musician whose Taite Nominated debut album 'It's Your Birthday' was released on Flying Nun last year. After… Audio

Inflation is running red hot. Rent, groceries, petrol, and more. But don't despair, Wellington's Welsh Dragon Bar has created the Cost of Living Burger.

It is less than $10, but there's hope people… Video, Audio

Mask up and save lives - that's the message from experts and your average punter as Covid cases and hospitalisations surge across the motu.

Even as Covid accounts for about one in ten deaths in New… Audio

Country star Tami Neilson plays songs from her brand-new album Kingmaker. Video, Audio

A landmark tree, dubbed the 'champagne tree', felled in Timaru is living on through cuttings taken from it. Audio

Grace, ritual and imagination are essential to a strong friendship, says journalist Julie Beck. She interviewed 100 sets of friends for the popular Atlantic column The Friendship Files. Audio

Priya Sami of the band BUB, performs her new single BORED, live for us un the RNZ studio, in support of  the Eastern Women's Refuge Fundraiser at Galatos 9th July 2022. 
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Singer-songwriter Reb Fountain won a legion of fans and the prestigious Taite Music Prize for her self-titled album, released back in 2020. Now, after some Covid-enforced delays, Reb is heading out on… Video, Audio

Boris Johnson has resigned as leader of the conservative party announcing his departure from the job just after 11.30 on Thursday night.

He will remain as caretaker prime minister until the… Audio

The lives of three teenagers from America's Mid-West, who are straddling two worlds is the focus of a new documentary Only I Can Hear. The girls are CODA, or Children of Deaf Adults. Only I Can Hear… Audio, Gallery

The owners of a much-loved Auckland food truck fear council regulations may force the business to shut after nearly 75 years.

Late-night burger joint, The White Lady, came under scrutiny in April… Audio

Georgia Lines and an up and coming NZ musician who is turning a lot of heads. She released her first EP in the covid era now her second album HUMAN is coming out at the end of the month.  Video, Audio