Anna Thomas

Dan Hurley is the proud owner of the Aramoho Toy Museum in Whanganui - which is home to 100,000 toys. He has operated the museum for more than 20 years, yet it has remained a secret to all but a… Audio

Jamie Troughton is the Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service chair and joins Anna to chat about today's conditions and the closure of the beach last night due to 4 metre swells caused by the volcanic… Audio

Huhu grubs are the larvae of the huhu beetle and were a prized traditional food source for Maori who ate them raw. These days they are a bit out of favour - but a recent study may change that. For the… Audio

The volcanic eruption in Tonga on Saturday was felt all around the Pacific. While Tonga remains the hardest hit, video footage showed waves also hitting the Cook Islands and Samoa. Residents in Fiji… Audio

Concerns about oximeter use in home isolation and a warning about delta spreading over summer.  Audio

Senior students returning to class in Auckland and much of Waikato this morning are relieved they can get on with their learning... but nervous about their safety. Audio

More on the Kaseya cyber attack. Fijians concerned about escalating Covid crisis. Maori academics hit back at research funding criticism. Audio

Flights between New Zealand and Western Australia can resume despite the region's latest Covid-19 scare. An MIQ security guard in Perth contracted the virus and is believed to have been infectious in… Audio

Today marks two weeks since the first quarantine-free flights between New Zealand and Australia. Tourism operators in both countries pinned hopes of an economic boost on the travel bubble, but how… Audio

To Europe now where we join our correspondent Anita Purcell-Sjölund in Sweden where there are plans afoot for a Covid-19 passport so people can travel for the upcoming summer season. Audio

Auckland Council will today meet with a group taking the council to court over its plan to turn much of Queen Street in central Auckland into a pedestrian space. Barriers originally put in place for… Audio

The rapid spread of a new strain of Covid-19 in Britain has renewed pleas from overseas New Zealanders for help. Auckland's City Mission says people are being extraordinarily generous despite the… Audio

Police investigate anti-Islamic posters in Queenstown. The IPCA looks into reports of police photographing youth.

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The Supreme Court names Grace Millane's killer, and a man pleads guilty to sexual offending at Dilworth School.

Anna Thomas has the news. Audio