First Up

Olympic marathon runner and chief executive of Athletics New Zealand Pete Pfitzinger, says he's gutted to have to exclude Aucklanders from running in the Rotorua Marathon. The race is scheduled to go… Read more Audio

Next month's Waikato A&P Show has been cancelled due to the uncertainty around Covid-19 alert levels. The show, which last year marked its 127th anniversary, was meant kick off in Hamilton on October… Read more Audio

Thousands of cheap air fares are being snapped up following relaxed physical distancing rules on flights, but travel agents say Auckland is losing visitors. Air New Zealand sold 110,000 tickets on… Read more Audio

It's that time of the week now where we take a look at a unique New Zealand business - our producer Ellie Jay has been talking to Alice Brooking of 'Wool Mother maternity' They make felted merino wool… Read more Audio

President Donald Trump is back in Washington after a visit to California to see the destruction of the massive forest fires on the West Coast. This morning he presided over the signing of a peace… Read more Audio

Restaurant and bar owners around the country say they need more government help if they are to survive another 10 days of the current Covid-19 restrictions. Yesterday's Alert Level announcement means… Read more Audio

Efforts to stop Covid-19 are having at least one welcome side effect, the flu season is almost non-existent in the southern hemisphere. That's according to data from the World Health Organisation's… Read more Audio

Landlords are being warned to play by the rules when it comes to setting rents, as the rent-freeze draws to an end next week. Tenants are bracing themselves for hike, with one tenant RNZ spoke to… Read more Audio

Forest & Bird is alarmed that some conservation land where Tahr numbers need to be reduced is excluded from this year's control operations plan. There's been a lot of disagreement on how best to… Read more Audio

In 2011, the MV Rena ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty resulting in the worst ever maritime environmental disaster in New Zealand's history. And for a few thousand dollars a piece… Read more Audio

To the UK where yet another former Prime Minister has come out against Boris Johnson's plan to override the Brexit withdrawal agreement. This time it's David Cameron - the man who insigated Brexit… Read more Audio

When oil company Tamarind Taranaki abruptly abandoned the Tui oil field in December, it left taxpayers facing a bill of at least 155 million dollars to plug the undersea wells. Now a whistleblower… Read more Audio