Hamish Cardwell

Downtown Wellington workers and residents are fed up with the putrid stench of raw sewage pervading the city after a wastewater pipe burst.

A temporary fix only narrowly avoided raw sewage pouring… Audio

Two people have died after car travelling the wrong way on the Wellington Urban Motorway crashed into another vehicle this morning.

The crash occurred on the flyover between the Molesworth Street and… Audio

The police watchdog has launched a nationwide probe after the police in Masterton admitted to illegally photographing young Māori in the district.

The practice came to light after inquires from RNZ… Audio

The Children's Commissioner is demanding to know whether Police nation-wide are routinely taking pictures of young people on the street. 

He joins Wairarapa iwi, a criminologist and Community Law… Audio

Motorists should expect delays travelling to holiday hotspots with another big year of summer roadworks planned.

More cars than ever will be on the roads because of Covid-19.

Hamish Cardwell has the… Audio

People are spending more than 200 days behind bars waiting to be deported because of Covid-19 travel disruption.

Lawyers are calling the situation unconscionable and way beyond what Parliament… Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson wants the Reserve Bank to tell him if house price stability should be a bigger part of the bank's thinking.

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says he'll get back to… Audio

A man who challenged a group of Wellington musicians accused of sex attacks says he expects the number of complaints to rise even further.

Wellington detectives are now investigating at least 20… Audio

Michael Jordan may have finished playing professional basketball almost two decades ago but the shoes that bear his name continue to attract attention.

Overnight over 100 people queued outside… Audio

A plan to build a massive new housing development north of Wellington could see the town of Levin expand by a quarter.

Skyrocketing rents and house prices in the Capital are forcing first-home buyers… Audio

The public will learn more about the extent of the latest Covid-19 infections on Monday after two new community cases were announced over the weekend.

It started when a quarantine worker at… Audio

Documents show Māori are unsuccessful at nearly twice the rate of Pākehā at getting Covid-19 income support from Work and Income.

The Covid Income Relief Payment - which starts at $450 a week - is… Audio

A prominent Māori academic says unintended systemic racism is a reason why Māori got Work and Income's Covid relief payment at a much lower rate than Pākehā.

Official figures from June to August show… Audio

Revelations that Wellington's nightlife district is the most violent in the country has come as no surprise to many locals.

New analysis of police crime stats shows the Courtenay Place Cuba Street… Audio

A Wellington man says he intervened to stop two men, who are the centre of a flood of allegations about sexual assaults on social media, carry out a sexual assault.

The police are now investigating… Audio

Billionaire Xero founder Rod Drury is behind an idea for driverless public transport being considered from Queenstown's airport to the city.

The project is very much in its early stages, with the… Audio

Voters in the seats flipped to Labour in its election romp on Saturday say the party's now got no excuse not to deliver on its promises.

RNZ reporters spoke to people in the slew of electorates that… Audio

The motor industry has grave fears that a Covid-19 amnesty on vehicle warrants could lead to more people dying in crashes in unsafe vehicles.

Drivers were given a six-month grace period to renew… Audio

Waka Kotahi/ the NZTA has ploughed nearly a $100 million into public transport so far to keep services afloat.

Trains and buses have been hammered by Covid-19 as lock downs resulted in a huge drop in… Audio