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What sort of background should you have on your Zoom, Teams or Google Meets calls as you try to continue doing your job in lockdown? It's a question… Read more Audio

The vaccination rollout continues to ramp up with more primary-care workers coming into the programme.

It's planned that about 650 vaccination places should soon be up and running - a combination of… Read more Audio

Working from home during lockdown might free up time for a little DIY, a touch of gardening, the odd walk around the block or more time with the children.

For other workers its business as usual, or… Read more Audio

Time is quickly running out for those trying to escape Afghanistan as the Taliban are insisting all foreign forces must be out of the country by Tuesday.

Diamond Kazimi, a former interpreter for the… Read more Audio

A New Zealander trying to move home from Australia says the news that red zone flights are returning is a glimmer of hope, but doubts she'll get an MIQ room for months.

Flights from some cities will… Read more Audio

Firefighters are warning that the country's largest fire trucks are showing dangerous signs of wear and tear.

The International Convention Centre fire in Auckland two years ago exposed the lack of… Read more Audio

We are heading into NZ Music Award season and the Top 5 finalists for the APRA Silver Scroll Award have been announced.

RNZ Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan lays out who's been in the running. Read more Audio

A vaccine expert says Covid-19 booster shots are not needed right now, but they may well be in the future.

"Booster" shots are being considered in other countries.

The US is intending to roll them… Read more Audio

Ashley Bloomfield was on waiting on advice as to what options they can offer the 732 people who were vaccinated at Highbrook on the 12 July after an error involving the Covid-19 vaccine.

An extra… Read more Audio

A woman who hadn't been told she may have received just saline instead of the Pfizer vaccine wants heads to roll.

Yesterday, RNZ revealed that five people could have received a harmless saline… Read more Audio

The country's Covid-19 quarantine hotels are under increasing pressure with more than 200 people infected with the virus and predictions that could balloon to one thousand.

The Government is setting… Read more Audio