Māni Dunlop

There are growing calls to prioritise MIQ spots and home isolation for pregnant New Zealanders wanting to come home.

It comes as the lawyer for pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis plans to take her… Audio

The National Party's MPs are in Queenstown this morning for their annual caucus retreat.

It kicked off with a speech from former British Finance Minister George Osborne this morning.

RNZ political… Audio

A Covid-19 modeller thinks New Zealand could hit 1000 cases each day by the middle of next week, largely driven by the Omicron variant. 

Auckland University computational biologist David Welch told… Audio

The government is touting its partly tunneled light rail project as a gamechanger for the city.

The trains would run every five minutes from Wynyard Quarter all the way to the airport.

The editor of… Audio

JetStar cabin crew members are concerned the company's not checking people's vaccine passes or evidence of negative tests.

At the beginning of the week, the airline introduced a new policy requiring… Audio

Virologists aren't sounding the alarm bells just yet about a mutated version of Omicron that's been seeping into our borders.

There's little currently known about the new strain, dubbed BA.2, besides… Audio

An extended underground light rail route will be built in Auckland.

The Government has announced the supercity's light rail project will run under the city from Wynyard Quarter to Mt Roskill, before… Audio

The Drug Foundation wants adults to have open and honest conversations with young people about portrayals of drug use on social media.

Australian researchers looked at TikTok where a third of the… Audio

A person in Gisborne has tested positive for Covid-19.

The local district health board Hauora Tairawhiti confirmed the news this morning.

Local public health officials are following up with close… Audio

Thousands of festivalgoers in Hamilton over the weekend must monitor for Covid-19 symptoms, after attending a possible superspreader event.

Reports of a suspected Covid case at Soundsplash Festival… Audio

Inflation continues to run hot -- with the latest figures from Stats NZ putting the consumer price index at 5.9 percent in the year to December.

To take a closer look at the effects of rising prices… Audio

Auckland Transport is beefing up security on its public transport services, following a spate of attacks on bus drivers.

It says Transport Officers will now be onboard buses on busy routes, and some… Audio

The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.

Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Audio

The doctor accused of torturing children at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s has died.

Selwyn Leeks was 92 years old.

Dr Leeks was accused of using electric shocks and paralysing drugs… Audio

The government's newly tightened rules for mask use under the 'red' traffic light setting has advocates concerned it will put added pressure on those already struggling in Aotearoa.

They say for… Audio

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is appearing before the High Court in Auckland trying to get out of jail.

Tamaki has been in remand at Mt Eden Prison in Auckland for breaching lockdown rules in… Audio

Aid is arriving in Tonga following the volcanic eruption and tsunami more than a week ago.

Meanwhile, Samoa is extending its Covid lockdown after border staff contracted the virus.

RNZ Pacific… Audio

5000 portable air cleaners are on the way for schools - but they won't land in time for the start of the school year.

Just 500 are expected to arrive by March, with the rest to be delivered three… Audio