National

Hawke's Bay health services are facing critical staff shortages due to a trifecta of illnesses with Covid-19, flu and norovirus.

As well as an stretched emergency department at the regions' hospital… Audio

The Government has unveiled a grand plan to bring down grocery prices - but will it work? And if so, how quickly?

The suite of changes comes as Labour continues to sink in the polls, seemingly hurt… Audio

An Auckland-based online supermarket thinks the Government's changes to the supermarket industry will only give Foodstuffs and Woolworths more power.

The government's clampdown on supermarkets will… Audio

US President Joe Biden is confronted by grieving crowds in Texas. China ramps up its Pacific presence Audio

Security patrols will restart in Christchurch's red zone due to rising vandalism.

The patrols were canned last year when the city council took over the area's management from the Government.

Local… Audio

Another evangelical church is being accused of exploiting members by pressuring them to make whopping donations.

Celebration Centre Church, in Christchurch, is facing similar complaints to ones made… Audio

Another New Zealand-based evangelical church is being accused of exploiting members by pressuring them to work long hours for free and give huge donations.

The Celebration Centre Church has assets… Audio

Charges have been dropped against two major contractors over unsafe roadworks where a young cyclist was killed in Christchurch. McConnell Dowell Constructors and Downer New Zealand have instead made… Audio

Charges have been dropped against two major contractors over unsafe roadworks where a young cyclist was killed in Christchurch. McConnell Dowell Constructors and Downer New Zealand have instead made… Audio

A hīkoi is underway in Kaikohe's town centre, where the community is calling for peace amid rising gang violence.

A collective of hapū will place a rāhui on the town in response to the spate of… Audio

More than a dozen households in Levin are still unable to return to their tornado-struck homes.

20 of the 51 properties reported damaged have been red stickered - 17 of which are residential.

Three… Audio

He is pursuing a Pacific-wide deal with almost a dozen island nations covering policing, security and data communications cooperation. The Federated States of Micronesia president David Panuelo says… Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Moata Tamaira and Phil O Reilly discuss Ram Raids and whether wolf-whistling should be banned. Audio

Wallace Chapman and panellists Tamaira and Phil O Reilly speak to New Zealander and Texas resident, Shannon Huse Caldwell about the states gun laws and its affect on her family. Audio

Hundreds continue to flow through Ōrākei marae in Tāmaki Makaurau to pay tribute to the late Joe Hawke.

He led the 506 day Takaparawhau Bastion Point occupation in the late '70s.

On this day 44… Audio

Another school shooting in the US, and seven drive by shootings in Auckland overnight leave neighbours in fear. Audio

There were at least five drive by shootings in Auckland last night, across Otara, Papatoetoe, Flat Bush, Papakura, and Te Atatū. Our reporter Rayssa Almeida spoke to some of the residents down at… Audio

Māori film director Taika Waititi has made the list of Time Magazine's top 100 most influential people for the year. Our entertainment correspondent Sandro Monetti joins us from the Cannes Film… Audio

Jarrod Gilbert, a senior lecturer at University of Canterbury and author of Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand joins us to give some context to the latest shootings in Auckland. Audio