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Ray Gardner is the emergency management officer for Mackenzie Civil Defence. Audio

Snow storms are battering large areas of the South Island - cutting power to thousands, causing flooding and slips, and closing alpine passes and state highways. Audio

Snow storms batter the South Island. Another 100 jobs axed at New Zealand Post and Sopranos star dead at 51. Audio

Immigration experts say trying to cool housing demand by imposing restrictions on overseas buyers will deter the very workers that New Zealand needs to attract. Audio

A Facebook page with photos of Dunedin schoolgirls has been taken down after pressure from the police and the teenagers whose pictures were used without their permission. Audio

The Crown says it will talk with Maori living in the Far North to hear first-hand what issues need to be tackled in the region; The broadcaster and entertainer standing for the Mana Party in the… Read more Audio

The first stage of a big shake up of Auckland's public transport including its buses has been unveiled today. Audio

Bread and milk have sold out in some supermarkets and cars queued at some petrol stations in Christchurch today, as locals prepare for bad weather forecast to hit the region tonight and tomorrow. Audio

Anti-gambling groups says changes to a gaming bill are a complete waste of time and money. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A junior mining company, Chatham Rock Phosphate, wants to raise up to 10 million dollars to get to the point where it can start mining. Audio

A coroner has ruled that a man with dementia who died in Wellington Hospital would more than likely have survived if the staff had overruled his wishes. Audio