Kieran Mc Anulty

Returning to our earlier story, the government has announced support schemes for cyclone-hit businesses. Growers & farmers who can't get bank loans will be able to borrow from a goverment fund, as… Video, Audio

A new report into the future of local government calls for a complete overhaul of the way councils are run.

Among the report's seventeen recommendations are broadening council income streams to… Audio

Superficial, unpalatable and unpopular.

That's how critics are labelling the goverment's Three waters revamp.

At least 18 of the 30 mayors opposed to the original plan are still very unhappy with… Audio

The government has relaunched its Three Waters policy as affordable water reforms.

The policy abandons plans to establish four mega-water entities in favour of 10.

Like the original plan, the 10… Video, Audio

The government has unveiled its shake-up of the three waters reforms, abandoning plans to establish four mega water entities - instead creating 10.

Just like the original plan, the ten entities will… Audio

The devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle is becoming clearer, but there are communities that are still isolated.

Two have died in Hawke's Bay, and Fire and Emergency has confirmed a body has been found… Audio

Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty says this morning's evacuation in the Te Awa Estate in Napier shows that the worst is still not over, despite Cyclone Gabrielle moving away from the… Audio

After a two-month break, Parliament resumed only to soon adjourn for the week as Cyclone Gabrielle complicated plans for the first sitting week in 2023. Audio

Much of the North Island is either experiencing the start of cyclone Gabrielle or bracing for its arrival.

States of local emergency are in place for Auckland, Coromandel and Northland, but Waikato… Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle is heading our way and could make a miserable couple of weeks even worse, should it bring the intense rain and strong winds that are forecast.

It'll be a nervous wait for North… Audio

Steady rain has continued to fall on Auckland overnight, with another 50 to 60mm settling on an already soggy city. That's well short of the unprecedented 249mm of rain that paralysed Auckland on… Audio

With less than two weeks until State Highway 6 between Nelson and Blenheim is due to reopen, contractors are working long hours to complete repairs on the flood-damaged road.. 

The repair bill is… Audio

It's that time of the year where people across the country are urged to practice for when the big one strikes.

The ShakeOut is happening at nine-thirty this morning, a national earthquake or tsunami… Audio

After consuming much of Parliament's energy last week, the Fair Pay Agreements Bill looks set to do so again this week as its committee stage continues. Audio