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Protesters gathered outside the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin today to show their anger at a cartoon which poked fun at the measles epidemic in Samoa.

In response, the newspaper has announced it will… Read more Video, Audio

The death toll in Samoa from the measles epidemic rose to 60 on Wednesday after five more babies died overnight.

On Thursday the country will shut down for two days so mobile medical teams can visit… Read more Video, Audio

Principals and researchers agree that a declining love of reading and rising classroom disruption could be to blame for New Zealand's poor results in a major international test.

Our 15-year-olds'… Read more Audio

New Zealanders are set to decide whether or not to give the green light to legalising cannabis use next year.

The government has published a draft bill setting out the rules for the use, purchase… Read more Video, Audio

National's deputy leader Paula Bennett has pulled a stunt at Parliament, brandishing a bag of 'look-a-like cannabis' to demonstrate how much a person could buy every day under the proposed legal… Read more Video, Audio

A recovery team could start exploring deep inside the entry tunnel to the Pike River mine by Christmas.

It comes after Worksafe signed off on the Pike River Recovery Agency's plan, as they work to… Read more Audio

A bill cracking down on foreign political donations has passed its third reading in parliament, with MPs using it as an opportunity to air the dirty laundry of other parties.

The government… Read more Audio

A large fire has broken out at a warehouse in an industrial area of South Auckland, sending plumes of black smoke across Takanini.

Twenty fire trucks are responding to the blaze, which started around… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

New information released to RNZ reveals that Shane Jones' office was sent documents about a forestry company's bid for $15 million from the Provincial Growth Fund multiple times and many months before… Read more Video, Audio

Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.

While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.