Alex Perrottet
Rugby World Cup: Ardie Savea's pre-game ritual
The All Blacks take on Ireland in a sudden death Rugby World Cup quarter-final in Tokyo on Saturday night and both team's mental preparation will have to be on point if they're to progress to the… Video, Audio
Search for missing Orewa man at critical point - family
It's been 48 hours since Orewa man Mike McClennan went missing, and his family and the police say their search for him is reaching a critical point.
The 75-year-old has dementia and was last seen on… Audio
Man walks free after charge over suicide pact
The daughter of an elderly woman who died after taking part in a suicide pact with her husband, says her mother showed no signs of being suicidal, and questions why her father did not seek help for… Audio
Mediaworks' TV channels not gone by Christmas - CEO
MediaWorks can no longer make a profit in television so it's put itself up for sale.
The station's 500 staff were called to a meeting on Friday morning and told the company would keep making radio… Video, Audio
Should frequent flyer schemes be axed to help cut emissions?
Could axing frequent flyer points be key to helping cut New Zealand's greenhouse emissions?
Greenpeace New Zealand is backing a UK government climate change committee report calling for air miles… Audio
Child killer sentenced for spate of new offending
One of the country's most notorious child killers has been put back behind bars for at least six years for assault and sexual violation.
Benny Haerewa served 12 years in prison for killing his… Audio
Measles vaccines coming to pharmacies in fight against disease
Measles vaccinations may soon be available and given in pharmacies as the government rushes to ramp up the immunisations and halt the spread of the disease.
There's been 1868 confirmed cases this… Video, Audio
Fears armed police will endanger south Auckland further
South Aucklanders are fearful a new police initiative aimed at making their community safer, which will see armed officers patrolling the streets, will achieve the exact opposite.
Marked police… Video, Audio
MediaWorks to sell costly TV arm
Nearly 30 years after New Zealand's first private TV company was launched, its money-losing TV arm has gone on the block.
The decision comes just days after the company announced it would axe or… Audio
Car dumped on train platform, fleeing driver tasered
Police chased a stolen vehicle across Auckland - a pursuit that involved a crash with another car, before it came to an end at the Middlemore train station platform where the driver was tasered.
He… Video, Audio
Tonga league stars take field amid legal stoush
Top Tongan rugby league players have snubbed their own domestic rugby league organisation in order to play upcoming international games.
The Tonga National Rugby League sacked coach Kristian Woolf… Audio
Typhoon Hagibis potentially ruins RWC game Scotland v Japan
To Japan now, and as the country braces for Super Typhoon Hagibis - Scottish rugby fans are nervously awaiting their World Cup fate. Yesterday, World Rugby took the unprecented step of cancelling… Audio
Rugby World Cup shock: Uruguay beats Fiji
Rugby minnows Uruguay are the giant-killers of the Rugby World Cup, having overcome Fiji 30-27 yesterday in Kamaishi.
It's only Uruguay's fourth World Cup, and the win over Fiji their third ever win… Video, Audio
How should we remember contested history between Māori and Pakeha, and what should museums do about it?
In this fourth panel discussion Tairawhiti Museum director Eloise Wallace talks with cultural heritage expert Karl Johnstone. Alex Perrottet is in the chair. Audio
It's the “Aha!” moments which reveal how much Māori and Pakeha relations have changed
In this third panel discussion, Dr Jill Chrisp and Karen Johansen discuss with Alex Perrottet how their life together is affected by their families being on the opposite sides of Gisborne history. Audio
Govt still choosing which benefit sanctions to scrap
The government is still trying to work out which benefit sanctions to scrap, despite promises to remove the most excessive measures.
Almost two years into its term in office, the only sanction that's… Video, Audio
Bodies recovered from boat destroyed by fire in California
Search and rescue personnel have begun recovering bodies after a commercial dive boat was destroyed by fire off the coast of California.
Thirty-five people were on board, when the fire began early on… Video, Audio
Buzzy bees and hidden histories mark out two paths to self-awareness
Alex Perrottet talks with "recovering racist" Andrew Newton and local body candidate Meredith Akuhata-Brown about race, colonisation, and identity. Recorded on location in Gisborne's Smash Palace. Audio
Fiji police question NZer over five mysterious deaths
Fiji police have been questioning a New Zealand resident in connection to the mysterious deaths of five family members in the Pacific island nation.
A couple, their daughter and two granddaughters… Video, Audio
Migrant students left in limbo and told to pay for new visas
Migrant students left high and dry after their business school went into liquidation say they're disgusted that they've been told to pay more money.
Last week the Kiwi Institute of Training and… Video, Audio