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Pakeha Maori: the story of Kimble Bent
Kimble Bent was one of a tiny handful of Europeans who switched sides during the New Zealand Wars, who deserted the British army to join Maori "rebels" in Taranaki. RNZ's Black Sheep podcast tells the… Audio
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Commonwealth Games 2018: Triumph, tantrums and tears
Audio 15 Apr 2018New Zealand’s Commonwealth Games team will arrive back home today laden down with one of the country’s largest-ever medal hauls. [*Kate Newton*] looks back at the highlights, the lowlights and…
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Women's squash pair win Commonwealth gold medal
New Zealand's Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy have won gold in the women's squash doubles at the Commonwealth Games.
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Wheel of Fortune
Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith have transformed an abandoned West Coast gold mining valley into fertile farmland for their cattle. They've also built a house and a huge waterwheel that generates… Audio, Gallery
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Wheel of Fortune
Malcolm Smith and Robyn Curtis-Smith have transformed an abandoned West Coast gold mining valley into fertile farmland for their cattle. They've also built a house and a huge waterwheel that generates…
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Iwi support cut to offshore oil permits, but are wary
Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui supports the government's move to stop new offshore oil and gas exploration, but are wary of history repeating.
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Veteran White House reporter Connie Lawn dies aged 73
RNZ's long-serving White House correspondent Connie Lawn has died at the age of 73 after a battle with Parkinson's disease.
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Seven dead in massive India caste protests
Seven people have died amid violent protests involving tens of thousands of protesters from the Dalit community across India.
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Record number of people want to save Kaimanawa horses from slaughter
A record number of people have offered to adopt horses from this year's Kaimanawa muster.
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Pat McMinn: NZ's Voice of the 1950's
In 1994, the popular singer of the 1950's Pat McMinn talks to Jim Sullivan about her musical career and especially her recordings with TANZA, the record label started "To Assist New Zealand Artists'.
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Pukenui washout: Locals drive dodgy road to get through
For the second day, anyone wanting to travel to and from the top of the North Island has to drive a forest road around the washout on State Highway One under police escort. RNZ reporter Nita… Audio
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Aussie ball tampering: This just takes the pavlova
Opinion - The Australian cricket team's blatant ball-tampering is a case of entitlement and arrogance that beggars belief, writes an angry Matt Richens.
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Hymns on Sunday, 25 March 2018
It's Palm Sunday, and today's selection begins with a hymn that's been in use as a Palm Sunday processional hymn since the 10th century - All glory, laud and honour. Audio
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Trump drops $1.3tn budget veto threat but vows: 'Never again'
US President Donald Trump has signed a $1.3 trillion package to fund the government for six months, while vowing never to approve such a bill again.
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Weinstein Company files for bankruptcy
Harvey Weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy, months after the Oscar-winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults.
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Struggle to find enough homes for Kaimanawa horses
More than 200 wild Kaimanawa horses could be sent to slaughter following this year's muster.
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Nashville Babylon 19 March, 2018
Audio 19 Mar 2018On this weeks show Mark features new music from Damien Jurado and Kim Richey, classic blues and country from Little Walter and Hank Williams plus a deep soul epic from Isaac Hayes. There's also music… Audio
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Live: Violons Barbares at Womad 2018
Perhaps due to the popularity of Mongolian throat singing in Aotearoa, the charismatic and colourful trio Violons Barbares definitely rated as one of the discoveries of WOMAD 2018. Audio
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Flooding may be behind leptospirosis rise
Cases of the potentially deadly disease leptospirosis are more than doubling, probably as a consequence of floods, a public health researcher says.
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Alarming rise in potentially fatal disease leptospirosis
New figures reveal that cases of the potentially deadly disease leptospirosis are two-and-a-half times higher than the four-year average.
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Physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
Professor Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76, his family have confirmed.
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Teenage rodeo rider wins rural sportsperson award
A 17-year-old rodeo rider has won the Young Rural Sportsperson of the Year title.
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Irish rugby on course for 'greatest achievement'
The former Ireland first-five Tony Ward believes the completion of a Grand Slam against England at Twickenham would represent "the greatest achievement in the history of Irish rugby".
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Female jockeys: 'There is no room to be soft'
The number of female jockeys in New Zealand is steadily rising, and expected to overtake the number of male jockeys.
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Bonecrusher immortalized at Ellerslie
A bronze statue immortalising one of New Zealand's greatest race horses Bonecrusher will be unveiled at Ellerslie in Auckland today.
