Māni Dunlop

The Workplace Relations Minister has outlined a new assessment tool to help employers figure out which of their staff need to be vaccinated.

Michael Wood says it will provide a clear framework when… Audio

Rescuers are still attempting to refloat a pod of aboout 30 pilot whales, that re-stranded at Farewell Spit this morning.

The whales were initially re-floated last night, but were found back on the… Audio

Moriori have arrived at parliament ahead of their settlement getting closer to passing into law - a move which descendents describe as restoring their cultural identity.

Early last year, descendants… Audio

The latest figures from Stats NZ shows all nine child poverty measures showed downward trends compared to two years ago, but year-on-year changes are less clear.

The latest figures from Stats NZ… Audio

The rural services company PGG Wrightson has posted a half year profit.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio

Sky TV triples its profit.

Business Editor Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Audio

The Southland Regional Council says it has ramped up the monitoring of toxic waste levels at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

The Environment minister David Parker today slammed New Zealand Aluminium… Audio

Before covid-19 hit, Stats NZ says progress was being made to reduce child poverty, with improvements across the nine different measures compared to two years ago.

However, the official figures out… Audio

The Ministry of Health has announced there is a new case of Covid-19 in the community.

It comes as the Ministry reveals it is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could… Audio

A key figure in the Christchurch rescue was Dan Ohs, who was ambulance scene commander at the PGC building, which collapsed in the quake.

Mr Ohs is now the Deputy Chief Executive Ambulance… Audio

Students are now back in the classroom at Papatoetoe High School for the first time since three community cases of Covid-19 were linked to the school.

After one week off, and a testing blitz, the… Audio

Today marks 10 years since the February earthquake claimed 185 lives.

RNZ's Christchurch reporter, Rachel Graham, was at the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial site for the official ceremony and spoke to… Audio

At 12.51pm it will be 10 years since a devastating 6.2 earthquake struck Ōtautahi Christchurch, bringing down buildings and killing 185 people.

A National service will get underway at half-past-12 at… Audio

Two new community testing centres have opened on Auckland's North Shore, after someone who later tested positive for Covid-19 visited a pub in Greenhithe.

Everyone who was at The Malt between 7.30pm… Audio

The family of a New Zealander who was on a cattle ship that sunk in the East China sea say they're devastated the search has been called off.

Scott Harris from Palmerston North and Southland man… Audio

Fearful, intimidated and ready to leave - is how one Māori professor is describing the current climate at the University of Waikato.

More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter calling for the… Audio

A former soldier left a tetraplegic due to a Defence Force failure has been given a formal apology and compensation 31 years after the incident.

George Nepata received a formal apology this morning… Audio

Money has been pooled together to help specifically target Māori in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

It comes after the government came under pressure and were criticised for not delivering to… Audio

The group occupying Ihumātao in Auckland are hoping a resolution is in sight, but say a deal to settle the dispute is not done yet.

Contruction of 480 homes has been on hold since July after hundreds… Audio