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The legislation setting up the government's three waters entities has been delayed to give the working group time to recommend changes to governance and accountability.

It's a big weekend for the national lottery which celebrates its 60th birthday this Sunday.

Sci Fi / Sci Fact is a new podcast series in which scientists from New Zealand's MacDiarmid Institute talk to RNZ host Bryan Crump about whether some of science-fiction's most popular concepts could…

Ōpōtiki District Council is backing calls from iwi leaders to restrict movement into the region to help keep Covid-19 from spreading into the rohe.

The bill represents a victory for trans, non-binary, intersex and takatāpui people, and changes the process from a complicated one through the Family Court to a simple self-selecting administrative…

New world-first laws will ensure young people will never legally purchase cigarettes, with the age of a ban on sales rising each year, the minister says.

Consumer New Zealand says it's making the biggest change to its product testing process in more than 50 years of existence - by only recommending appliances that last. Audio

Mātauranga Māori is being woven together with scientific concepts to combat invasive pest weeds displacing 15 native species in the Rotorua lakes.

An Aucklander's massive loss in a scam has prompted a warning from the financial regulator, which is urging people to look for red flags.

Sealord is hoping a varied approach to staff vaccinations means it won't have to introduce a mandate.

Pharmac's delay funding new diabetes drugs has led to many deaths in Māori and Pasifika, says Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa.

People in Nelson need to show vaccine passes to enter public libraries after the Covid-19 outbreak in the region.

From struggling kids to out-of-control teens and desperate adults, NZ's ADHD community is in crisis. Why is it so hard for them to get help that some are resorting to TikTok for medical advice? Anusha…

Opponents of the bipartisan bill aimed at enabling housing blitzed the media over the past few weeks. Many of the reports failed to include relevant context and balancing opinion.

US President Joe Biden has come under fire for restoring a Trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed.

Germany has decided to bar the unvaccinated from all but the most essential business and the United States is preparing further travel restrictions.

Some seniors are feeling nervous ahead of an anticipated spike in visitors under the new traffic light system.

The US Supreme Court appears poised to accept a Mississippi law that would bar abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, if accepted the ruling would cut off abortion access for tens of millions of…

Man dies in quarantine in the CNMI; PNG keeping a watch on Covid-19 strain Omicron; Samoa police on standby to send peacekeeping forces to Solomon Islands; and more.