Lisa Owen

Raetihi locals are worried their small central North Island settlement will turn into a ghost town if the lifeline State Highway 4 isn't fixed quickly.

The road has been shut off for most of the… Video, Audio

A gun control advocate says the proposed new laws aren't up to scratch in dealing with improvised firearms.

Two people were killed in an anti-Semitic terror attack in Germany on Wednesday, after the… Audio

A campaigner against wrongful convictions and former Canadian justice official says jailhouse informants are among the most dangerous of witnesses and NZ should consider tightening its rules around… Video, Audio

Nearly two years after several Destiny Church branches were supposedly stripped of their charitable status, they are still operating without paying tax. Video, Audio

Dunedin students say the flat party culture, has grown in response to Otago University acting as the fun police and clamping down on student pubs and bars.

But a leading preventive medicine… Video, Audio

A man who acted as a lookout during a violent dairy robbery in Auckland has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.

Ngatama Kaienua never entered the dairy, but kept watch, as a teenager stabbed two shop… Video, Audio

The premature anointing of Christopher Luxon as a National Party candidate could yet prove problematic for the party's leader Simon Bridges.

The former Air New Zealand boss has yet to get the formal… Video, Audio

An Oncologist says New Zealand owes Southland man Blair Vining a debt of gratitude for the precious time he spent campaigning for a better health system.

Blair died on Friday morning. The father of… Video, Audio

Tensions are rising in Tokyo as the effect of Typhoon Hagibis hits home for Rugby World Cup players and officials.

With their slim quarterfinal hopes squashed by the cancellation of tomorrow's match… Audio

The government has proposed a raft of changes to building laws to make it easier for prefab homes to be produced on mass, in a bid to address the housing crisis.

The building and construction… Video, Audio

Poor facilities and under-resourcing at Palmerston North Hospital left a nurse in tears daily, ultimately leading her to resign.

Her claims are being backed by the Nurses Organisation who says the… Audio

It wasn't just the rugby causing angst among sports fans across the country, with the news that Spark has stumped Sky and bagged the broadcast rights for cricket games in New Zealand from next year.

… Audio

The All Blacks will go 13 days without a Rugby World Cup match after World Rugby made the unprecedented decision to cancel their final pool game against Italy on Saturday as Japan braces for super… Video, Audio

"I disappeared from Sonoda and nobody noticed," says RNZ In Depth journalist Max Towle in his piece on his experience at the Hall of Residence.

Canterbury University has launched an independent… Video, Audio

Forestry Minister Shane Jones is considering reining in forestry conversions after a rural backlash.

He has also warned foreign-owned forestry companies - which make up nearly 75 percent of the… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

'Wannabe' police recruits will only have to pass one, not two fitness tests to get into police training college.

The physical competency test, which is in essence an obstacle course, has been ditched… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister says the Christchurch Call has kicked into action after footage from the shooting attacks was livestreamed on Amazon's video gaming platform Twitch.

The Christchurch Call is a… Audio

Spark has scored another point in the battle to become the home of New Zealand sport, by securing the rights to cricket played here.

Spark Sport has wrestled the rights to broadcast the Black Caps… Video, Audio