Ben Strang

The shoe brand Converse has quietly removed any reference to the environmental impact of its global public art campaign from its website after being accused of greenwashing.

Converse had been… Audio

The police's $25 million body armour replacement programme has been hit by major delays because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The entire police force was supposed to be decked out in new kevlar body… Audio

Information provided by police and the courts may be wrongly pushing victims and perpetrators into reconcilliation talks.

Sometimes, it's only once the two parties have entered a restorative justice… Audio

A draft report released this morning by the Commerce Commission says the two supermarket companies Foodstuffs and Woolworths have an effective duopoly over the grocery sector in New Zealand.

That… Audio

Negotiations over a new pay agreement for police officers have hit a brick wall, with the Police Association saying the government has shown a lack of respect and for the job they do.

The… Audio

The NZ Police has admitted it may not be able to make use of money granted through the Criminal Proceeds Fund within the timeframe it had promised.

Several police projects have been funded through… Audio

Research by a former police officer has given an insight into how those on the front lines make spur of the moment decisions when witnessing lower level crimes.

Dr Ross Hendy is now a criminologist… Audio

Fifteen mariners on the foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay, which is now moored in Wellington, have been infected with Covid-19.

The Spanish flagged ship arrived in Wellington yesterday and the 15… Video, Audio

Thirteen more mariners have tested positive for Covid-19 They arrived in Wellington yesterday on the foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay, taking the total of infected crew members to 15. At least one… Audio

Pasifika communities in the Wellington region are being praised for hosting another successful Covid-19 vaccination drive over the weekend. Audio

The foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay has pulled into Wellington this afternoon after nearly a week at sea with two Covid-19 positive mariners on board.

The Ministry of Health says the risk to the… Video, Audio

To Wellington's waterfront, where the Viking Bay -- a fishing vessel with at least two Covid-positive crew members -- is arriving at Queen's Wharf. 13 people will be taken off the vessel and moved to… Audio

A Wellington College pupil has been forced to change bus service after feeling ridiculed by a bus driver, who has refused to stop and pick him up.

The boy's family made two complaints about the… Audio

The shoe brand Converse is being accused of misleading people with its global public art campaign, Converse City Forests, in which it claims the murals it's painted are the equivalent of more than… Audio

A Wellington bus driver dumped a 10-year-old girl in an unfamiliar suburb in the pouring rain, after failing to drop her at school.

The bus company has admitted multiple failings from its driver, and… Audio

RNZ understands a Cabinet meeting is now underway, as the government considers its response to a Covid-19 case in the capital at the weekend. RNZ's Wellington reporter Ben Strang tells Sarah Robson… Audio

All options are on the table as health officials begin testing, tracing, and responding to a trans-Tasman bubble incursion in the capital. A traveller from Sydney who arrived in Wellington on Saturday… Audio

The move to recruit more police officers for the regions and to tackle organised crime has been put on hold because of the demand for officers at managed isolation hotels.

The police had wanted to… Audio

The demand for more police to work at managed isolation hotels could mean the promise to recruit more police officers for the regions and to tackle organised crime has been put on hold.

The police… Audio