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Analysis - Not that long ago, the term "deepfake" wasn't in most people's vocabularies. Now, it is not only commonplace but is also the focus of intense legal scrutiny around the world.

The government says it's the public at large that bear the brunt.

Much of Parliament's time so far this year has been spent on one very long debate, and not about legislation - but a plan for legislation.

Plans to toughen online safety requirements for big tech are on ice after the federal govt's hand-picked expert recommended threatening Meta, Apple and Google with billions of dollars in fines.

A transport safety advocacy group is taking legal action over the rollback. Audio

A champion for Pacific workers in Aotearoa has received a King's Service Medal in the New Year Honours List.

Dixon Handshaw thought he was an only child for most of his life. But decades after being adopted, the 75-year-old learned he has a handful of siblings, whom he met just in time for the holidays.

You wouldn't buy your kid a sibling as a present, so don't buy a companion animal without thinking very hard, an animal charity says. Audio

The siblings left each other with significant injuries but their parents were too scared to take them to hospital for fear Oranga Tamariki would uplift them.

Having a baby by surrogacy in New Zealand is complicated, convoluted and costly. A bill promised fast-tracked change, but progress has been anything but.

A UN Women report says the prevalence of reported physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence - taking place in the previous 12 months - is 30 percent in Melanesia.

Today marks 35 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted by the UN.

RNZ looks at the most successful players to leave our shores.

Survivors of abuse in care described today's formal apology as "a PR stunt" questioning whether it was authentic. Audio

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care found forced adoptions were often organised by church institutions, state social workers, and medical professionals. Audio

A man forced, as a teen, to dig his own grave at gunpoint says any apology without financial compensation is "disingenuous". Audio

Mediawatch - Scams, spam, and disinformation and defamation still circulate on social media platforms that make little effort to counteract them. Will new laws help?

There have been 53 cases of teachers using social media to effectively groom young people in their care into some form of inappropriate relationship since 2010.

This week, Parliament's key action is happening both in the House and in select committees, and includes the RMA, mental health, and a request to expand the Treaty of Waitangi.

The House - Attending Parliament's select committees can be an education, but not always the one you might expect. Audio

A Northland photographer whose images immortalised the social upheaval and flower power movement of London's 'Swinging Sixties' has died aged 85.

It's Nicola Willis' passion project, set to be led by a former top cop. Here's what the Social Investment Agency is meant to do.

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted on 26 September 1924. But what do children still need after 100 years? Audio

A quarry has tried repeatedly to crack a permanent protection to get more rock out of a mountain. Now, it's turning to the 'Fast-track' law.