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A student organisation is challenging people to go phone free for 48 hours to raise awareness of the dangers of using a phone while driving.

The National party announced the details of the referendum, before Cabinet had made a decision. Now, public service bosses are checking to see if their staff were responsible.

A disjointed attack and Jazz Tevaga's ankle are the biggest Warriors headaches heading into potentially their most fruitful stage of the NRL season.

An investigation into a plane crash in Fiji last year has recommended mountain flying training be introduced for all pilots.

South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has won the Cannes film festival's most prestigious award.

Opinion - Over three years Theresa May committed error after error in her handling of the negotiations to leave the European Union. Her mind set did not help, writes David Townsend.

Desperate patients are being left in the dark as to when Pharmac will fund medicines. Guyon Espiner asks why the drug-buying agency operates with such secrecy. Video

Parliament has passed the third and final reading of a landmark bill that gives Ngāti Porou greater rights to marine and coastal resources.

In today's business news - New Zealand posts a second monthly trade surplus in a row and Veritas Investments is changing its name. Latest - The country has posted a...

Fonterra is closing a factory in Dennington, western Victoria, with 90 workers affected.

Student organisers of the 15 March climate change strikes are back for round two today, with students walking out of school across the country. Follow all the latest developments with RNZ's live blog.

Huawei New Zealand says the phone-maker is looking at contingencies and the longer-term impact of restrictions on its access to US technology. Audio

First Up: Andy Oliver - whose family got Fonterra to change its milk tanker schedule for him - is finally living in his own home on his family's dairy farm, thanks to a pilot programme. Audio