Anusha Bradley

There are fears for the mental health of seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands stuck in Hawke's Bay because of the pandemic. More than 1500 workers are still in the region....and with little paid… Video, Audio

Political parties are ramping up their electioneering, with Hawke's Bay the battleground for the hearts and minds of voters today.

While National leader Todd Muller was wooing farmers in rural… Audio

Covid-19 testing times and contact tracing in Auckland have failed to meet the "gold standard" set by the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health says because of privacy reasons it won't tell the… Audio

New Zealand is developing a new underclass of desperate people - migrants who no longer have any work and can't get home; and temporary visa holders trapped outside the borders when they snapped… Audio

The Immigration Minister says the government is considering options to help foreign nationals relying on emergency help from Civil Defence.

It comes as Civil Defence Hawke's Bay is worried a "slow… Video, Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Audio

Two of the country's biggest public health units are refusing to use the government's national contact tracing system and experts are warning this makes it harder to control a future outbreak of… Audio

Artists and musicians will soon be able to get back on their feet, and on the road, after the government announced a $175-million boost for the sector.

RNZ's Hawke's Bay reporter, Anusha Bradley, was… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 2 after nearly seven weeks of strict lockdown protocols in New Zealand.

This means most people can go back to work with almost all businesses except for bars… Audio

A Hawke's Bay farming family say it could take years for them to recover from the devastating drought that has blighted the region.

There hasn't been heavy rainfall since October and the first four… Audio

People in rural parts of Central Hawke's Bay are being urged to test drinking water bores as nitrate levels in some areas soar.

A new study shows nitrates at some bores are nearly twice the maximum… Audio

A New Zealand couple living in Bali say they've no choice but to "hunker down" and wait out the Covid-19 crisis on the island as attempts to return home have failed.

They say even if they could… Audio

Fourteen dementia residents in isolation in a Napier rest home will learn today if they have Covid-19.The residents and some staff were tested after being linked to a visiting cruise ship with 133… Audio

It's the first morning of New Zealand's four week lockdown in which our number one job is to stay at home to stop the spread of Covid-19.

If the message has got through there should be no one on the… Audio

A Samoan man, who prosecutors say was trafficked to New Zealand and used as a slave, has described being ordered to beat his cousin by his adoptive father, the Hastings-based Samoan chief who brought… Audio

Enough is enough.

That was the message from hundreds of residents who gathered in Flaxmere Park in Hastings last night to pray for the little boy who was horrifically beaten in his home two weeks… Audio

A Hawke's Bay school is believed to be the first in the country to join a global campaign to discourage bullying and improve the mental health of its students by doing up its loos.

They were once… Audio