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First Person - Nik Dirga wasn't going to make the trip home to California until things returned to "normal" but a family emergency saw him board on a plane only two weeks after Omicron first emerged.

In the second of a two-part series, Phil Pennington looks at the plight of two families battling the system to come to the truth about a double-fatal truck collision.

More moves to tighten the country's borders may be needed on top of the decision to delay the start of the self-isolation scheme for Australian travellers, a professor of public health says.

Two West Otago families were subjected to one of the country's longest and most fraught fatal crash investigations after a truck collision killed two people. Phil Pennington looks at what went wrong.

Three Taranaki police officers failed in their duty of care to a farm worker who died in custody at the Hāwera police station, the IPCA has found.

Explainer - The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is rapidly spreading around the world. Here's what you need to know about the risk the variant poses and its possible impact on the global pandemic… Video

From Aotearoa psychedelic soul to electro cool indie pop, here are the Top 20 Albums of 2021 as voted by the RNZ Music whānau. Video, Audio

A Pacific community leader in New Zealand says the government must take some responsibility for the decline in the number of Pasifika language speakers across Aotearoa.

Analysis - Christopher Luxon goes head-to-head with Jacinda Ardern; the government unveils a new strategy to combat family and sexual violence; and a world-leading plan to ban tobacco sales is…

Police are pressing pause for now on using facial recognition technology to identify people off live camera feeds, but will still use it on stored footage.

Parliament's opposition has shuffled its deck thoroughly and the House has reacted like a school room after a lolly scramble - all sugared up and excited.

Alleged cases of abuse directed to Ashburton business owners and staff due to Covid-19 restrictions has angered the Ashburton District mayor.

RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort…

US anchor Chris Cuomo has been fired by CNN for help he gave his brother, ex-New York governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was battling harassment allegations.

Bail is set at $US1 million ($NZ1.4m) for the couple arrested in Detroit after failing to attend court on Friday.

"Ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs" could have caused death as they stormed Wembley before the Euro 2020 final, a review into the disorder says.

Authorities are searching for the parents of the Michigan teenager accused of murdering four students at his high school, hours after the couple was charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Studies have shown children's enjoyment of reading is related to a longer life, better mental wellbeing and healthier eating. Fiction reading is related to better performance at school.