Auckland
Missing Auckland man found dead near Manukau Heads
The body of missing Weymouth man Nick Paul has been located at Orua Bay near Manukau Heads, police say.
'There's just so much damage': Auckland store ram-raided before it flooded
Hundreds of Aucklanders are grappling with soggy, smelly and expensive repair work after heavy rain this week, with one store left vunerable after robbers ram-raided it hours before the deluge.
The battle for the Auckland mayoralty
Some hats are already in the ring to replace Phil Goff, who are they and what are the most pressing issues facing Auckland? NZ Herald Supercity reporter Bernard Orsman has the latest. He's covered… Audio
Live: Residents urged to shelter as storm passes through Northland, Auckland
Residents in Northland and Auckland have been urged to take shelter this morning as a severe thunderstorm travels down the North Island. Audio
What should we be eating?
For every study promoting wine or coffee as being beneficial to your health, there's another telling you to either reduce consumption or cut them out of your diet altogether. Journalist Nicole Schmidt… Audio
Covid-19: Bloomfield expecting Auckland hospitalisations to decline
The Director-General of Health says Auckland's hospital cases have likely peaked, but he thinks the hospitalisation number will creep above 1000 as the rest of the country catches up. Audio
Streets may be safer as speed cut to 30km/h near schools
Auckland streets may be about to get a bit safer, with plans for lower speed limits on more than 1600 roads across the city.
Nearly a thousand of them are around 82 schools in the city.
It's a move… Video, Audio
Bushy beavers and bald Brazilians
Welcome to Hair and Loathing, a new four-part podcast series about women and body hair. Yep, we are talking bums, boobs, thighs, toes and tummies. You name it, it’s probably got some hair on it! In… Audio
Hair and Loathing an inside look at body hair and intimacy
Hair and Loathing is presented and produced by Charlotte Cook. In Episode 2 she takes a look at what it means to be hairy when it comes time to get your kit off in front of someone else. Questions… Audio
From peach fuzz to nipple beards
Toes, tummies, upper lips, gorilla hands, chins and everywhere in-between...hair! It’s everywhere! And some of it, for good reason. Others, not so much. In this third episode of Hair and loathing… Audio
Culture, colonisation and the short and curlies
Western women have been pushed around by powerful marketing for around a century to maintain the hairless beauty standard, but that's not the same for all ethnicities. In episode four, presented and… Audio
Nearly 50% of children presenting at Middlemore emergency department have Covid
Auckland hospitals are dealing with far more Covid patients than they predicted in even their worst case scenarios.
Omicron brings Auckland tunnelling machine to a halt
The hold-up at Watercare's new Interceptor tunnel is just one casualty from the virus rampaging through the construction sector.
Calling Home: Andrew Dubber in Norrmjöle, Sweden
Andrew Dubber and partner Michela Magas live in the picturesque village of Norrmjöle (pop 219), in the north of Sweden. They're currently renovating a 200-year-old farmhouse in a forest by a lake and… Audio
Hair and Loathing is coming your way!
Hair and Loathing is a new podcast series presented and produced by Charlotte Cook, and takes an inside look at why women maintain a 'barely there' look to satisfy the status quo and why some women… Audio
Hunt continues to find lost beneficiaries of Napier man's will
When Ian Smith died in 2020, he left part of his estate to 100 recipients he called the 'Omega Beneficiaries.' Nearly two years since Smith's passing, the executors of the will are still trying to… Audio
Pride march organiser frustrated by anti-mandate protest
The organiser of Auckland's pride march says yesterday's protest on the harbour bridge took place on the same day his event was supposed to happen - and was deeply frustrating.
New report shows Te Huia hampered by Covid restrictions
It's the expensive train trial that's totally off the rails according to a new report. Less than a year since its launch, the Hamilton to Auckland train Te Huia is facing a damning review from the… Video, Audio
Rapid antigen tests sent across Auckland as labs struggle
Rapid antigen tests are being deployed across Auckland as lab crews struggle to keep their heads above water.
There are 2365 new cases in the country today - and demand for testing has reached… Video, Audio
Pasifika community bearing brunt of Omicron outbreak
Ministry of Health has revealed there's been a surge in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Pacific communities.
Pasifika people now make up about half of the cases in the Omicron outbreak. And… Audio
