Jonty Dine

Economic stress is taking its toll on the housing sector, with mortgage brokers concerned potential repayment increases will seriously stretch household budgets.

It's widely expected the reserve bank… Audio

The annual inflation rate is expected to fall from a 32 year high today, - but there's no relief in sight for supermarket stress.

The latest Consumer Price Index numbers will be released on Tuesday… Audio

The race for the Auckland mayoralty is shaping up to be a close one, with polls indicating it will be either Efeso Collins or Wayne Brown will claim the chains.

With the contest so tight… Audio

The Auckland mayoralty is a two-horse race between Efeso Collins and Wayne Brown.

Polls put the independent candidate Wayne Brown between one and four percent ahead of Efeso Collins, who has the… Audio

Viv Beck has announced her withdrawal from Auckland's mayoral race, though she can still technically win the city's top job.

She is the second high profile candidate to pull out in the last few weeks… Audio

A family with four disabled children had their long-planned holiday ruined when they were turned away from their Jetstar flight after waiting in line to check in their daughter's wheelchair.

The… Audio

Ravaged by devastating floods, the people of Pakistan are desperate for international aid.

Expats here are fearful for their families, after extreme monsoon rains caused devastating flooding and… Audio

Allegations of racism, sexual assault, homophobia, bullying and actively discouraging victims from going to the police are contained in a leaked copy of an investigation into Arise Church.

RNZ has… Audio

Auckland is chocker with mayoral candidates.

There are 22 of them and some are having a hard time getting the attention they think they deserve.

Jonty Dine caught up with a few. Audio

Police are tight-lipped about an incident in the Auckland suburb of Clendon Park, where at least one body was removed from a house by police yesterday.

Two hearses left the property on Moncrieff… Audio

A small police presence remains at Moncrief Ave in Clevedon Park where at least one body was discovered yesterday.

The Auckland street is calm and quiet early this morning with a couple of police… Audio

Horrific stories of abuse continue to emerge at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Disability, Deaf, and Mental Health Institutional Care.

The hearing began in Auckland on Monday and will continue… Audio

Former members of the Arise pentecostal church are frustrated a review into its culture is under wraps.

Legal proceedings have temporarily prevented the findings of an independent probe being made… Audio

A Nelson man is refusing to end his conversion therapy service even though a ban on the practice became law in February.

David Riddell of the Living Wisdom School in Nelson told RNZ it would be… Audio

The Ministry of Justice has released a range of options to overhaul New Zealand's 67-year-old adoption law. In a shift in focus away from the interests of parents, the proposed changes put the rights… Audio

The last piece of the puzzle is in place as the tenth and final section of the Waikato Expressway has been completed.

The 22km Hamilton section completes the four-lane State Highway from Cambridge to… Video, Audio

A building supporting the rainbow community in Tauranga has been destroyed in a possible arson.

Gender Dynamix helps the Transgender and Non-binary community and also functions as the Rainbow Youth… Audio

There were more shots fired in Auckland last night. Police responded to reports of a firearm being discharged in Vina Place in Massey in West Auckland at around 7:30am. Police say nobody has been… Audio

Nine wannabes are contesting the Auckland mayoralty this October. We've heard a lot from Efeso Collins Viv Beck and Leo Molloy but what about the rest? Jonty Dine reports. Audio