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A study which plays down the link between cancer and nitrates in drinking water is being dismissed for failing to meet the scientific mark.

The research in question was co-sponsored by Fonterra and… Audio

The government is being accused of caving to big business by winding back protections for wetlands.

Rules, only brought in a year ago, currently stop any sort of development within 100 metres of a… Audio

As most of the country enjoys the new freedoms allowed under alert level 2, spare a thought for the hairdressers out there.

Just over three weeks of lockdown has resulted in some shaggy manes and… Video, Audio

New Zealand is split along Covid-19 lines from level 2 to level 4.

RNZ reporters hit the streets to see what it was like. Audio

The Covid-19 split has just got deeper. Most of the country - 3.2 million - have slipped into level 2 restrictions - while 1.6 million Aucklanders continue to hunker down at level 4.

Reporters were… Audio

From a life in California to finding herself homeless, a woman stuck in Westport has seen a series of misadventures the past 18 months.

Covid-19 has left Pat MacLeod stranded - and has also cancelled… Audio

Phil Goff's renewed calls for Aucklanders to be given priority to the Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccine is in hot demand and the government has admitted the current supply cannot sustain that demand.

… Video, Audio

The country finds out today whether everyone but Aucklanders will move out level four lockdown at midnight.

Many Mainlanders want to see a move straight to level two or at the very least a good… Audio

'It's life Jim, but not as we know it.' - a famous observation by Star Trek's Spock that could easily describe lockdown.

Many things we take for granted are simply not as straightforward. Often more… Audio

Those who found themselves out of town when lockdown was announced, now have until midnight tonight to get home.

The original 48-hour travel window threatened to leave hundreds stranded as they… Audio

From today, Pak n Save and New World will turn anyone away who is not wearing a mask.

Owners Foodstuffs says the rule will apply to all of its different store brands.

Masks are now compulsory for… Audio

Most of those spoken to in the South Island by RNZ last night were convinced of the need to lock down, despite the positive case being located in the North Island.

Conan Young reports. Audio

A miscalculation of how many Cantabrians are in group one of the vaccination rollout is being blamed for the DHB's stuttering progress.

Group 1 includes people working at the border or in MIQ, and… Audio

There have still been no arrests after three teenagers were stabbed at a Christchurch party, with one losing their life.

Sixteen-year-old Zion Purukamu died from his injuries while the other two… Audio

There have still been no arrests after three teenagers were stabbed at a Christchurch party, with one losing their life.

Sixteen-year-old Zion Purukamu died from his injuries while the other two… Audio

The Timaru community is in shock after five young people died in a car crash on Saturday.

The teenagers - aged between 15 and 16 - were killed when the car they were in hit a power pole and broke in… Audio

The number of people living in cars and garages is on the rise in Christchurch - as many struggle to keep up with spiralling rents.

It's happening as temperatures plummet below zero, leading to… Video, Audio

Fish and Game is pushing back against any plans to reduce its size and change how members are appointed.

An independent review had labelled the organisation an old boys network with a bloated… Audio

The country came to town today as farmers expressed their frustration at what they call a barrage of red tape and new taxes.

They came by tractor and ute to 50 centres, from Kaitaia to Invercargill… Video, Audio

Huge convoys of tractors and utes are trundling into town and city centres today. They're protesting against what they say are onerous government policies, which don't work for them or their… Audio

A proposal to open the doors to widespread harvesting of snapper off the west coast of the North Island, for the first time in 16 years, has been slammed by recreational fishers.

They argue a huge… Audio

A huge increase in the amount of snapper that can be caught commercially off the west coast of the North Island, could do long term harm.

That from a recreational fishing group in response to a… Audio

It's all hands on deck in the north Canterbury town of Rangiora as volunteers race to replace one hundred traps washed away in last month's floods.

They are crucial in defending some of the world's… Video, Audio

Port Taranaki's decision to refuse entry to a ship with two Covid infected crew, is being labelled inhumane.

The Ministry of Health said the Viking Bay was returning to Taranaki Port where all 15… Audio