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Christopher Luxon wants burglary, looting sentences doubled
22 Feb 2023With the country still in a state of emergency, the usual political scuffling between the two major parties is more low-key than usual.
As the Labour government announced the first of what it… Read more Audio
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OCR expected to rise 50 basis points
The Official Cash Rate is expected to rise by 50-basis-points today, up to 4.75 percent.
But the decision of Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr will be under the microscope with major economic… Read more Audio
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Rescuers continue search for hundreds still missing after cyclone
22 Feb 2023Search and rescue teams are still combing the streets for people needing help, more than a week after Cyclone Gabrielle struck.
About 800 people in Hawkes Bay and Tai Rāwhiti are still unaccounted… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Picking which roads to fix first
22 Feb 2023The big job of repairing the roads comes with big decsions for local authorities - which ones get fixed first?
The work's not easy, and it's not clean.
Phil Pennington joined major contractor… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Silt clean up a hazard
22 Feb 2023With the clean up effort in full swing, many are wondering how best to dispose of silt - which as well as being difficult to move, can also be toxic . Hawke's Bay Regional Council group manager assets… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Heavy rain forecast for flood-hit areas
22 Feb 2023Heavy rain appears to be on its way to Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti on Thursday and Friday, after a week of relative calm following Cyclone Gabrielle.
The stormy weather could be at its worst in… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Gisborne businesses start to reopen
22 Feb 2023Gisborne businesses are battling water shortages to keep their doors open, with some forced to cart in thousands of litres from home tanks.
Many have been closed until Tuesday, when the Council… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Flood-ravaged communities covered by silt
22 Feb 2023In Hawkes Bay, the water is now mostly gone, but the dust has taken its place.
Thousands of tonnes of silt left by floodwater is being baked in the sun.
Reporter Timothy Brown visited the rural… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Farmer looking at weeks of isolation
Waihau sheep and beef farmer Isabelle Crawshaw says she and others in her rural Hawke's Bay community are still looking at weeks of enforced isolation.
As relief workers look to reconnect her… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: East Coast roads update
Some communities on the East Coast are still stuck as they wait for roads to be fixed.
Te Puia Springs remains isolated, with State Highway 35 closed to Tolaga Bay.
Wairoa has had access restored to… Read more Audio
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Early Sports Chat for Wednesday 22 February 2023
22 Feb 2023A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
