New Zealand

The calls for more support from GPs are growing louder under the weight of demand for their services.

Waiting rooms have been full to bursting, and that's if you can get in to see a GP as the… Video, Audio

Aotearoa's biggest bank is offering low interest green for customers to go greener.

ANZ's launched a home top up loan where customers can borrow an extra $80.000 at a three-year fixed interest rate… Video, Audio

Flu infection rates this month hit a seven year high, according to ESR figures.

Those under 18 years old are being hit the hardest, with infection rates up to to five times higher than 18 to… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has touched down in Melbourne, beginning a five day trip - a bid to reinvigorate the trans-Tasman bond as both countries re-open to the world.

It's the first trade mission to… Video, Audio

Those leading a new methamphetamine harm reduction programme in Murupara say Covid restrictions unwittingly highlighted the serious nature of the community's drug problem.

Te Ahi Mauri is modelled on… Video, Audio

"This is a life-threatening emergency situation". That from the New South Wales emergency services Minister Stephanie Cooke as a dangerously sodden greater Sydney continues to be hammered with heavy… Video, Audio

Director of the Malaghan Institute and Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand, Immunologist Professor Graham Le Gros talks to Lisa Owen about the likely second wave of Omicron. Video, Audio

The country is heading into the middle of winter and Covid-19 cases are rising, with some health experts saying a newer variant could swamp Aotearoa in the next few weeks.

Cases of BA-5 are roughly… Audio

The Warriors made an emotional return to Mt Smart Stadium this week ahead of Sunday's NRL clash with the West Tigers, the Auckland club's first home game in more than 1000 days.

The team has spent… Audio

Ready Player One? Otago Museum is transforming into an interactive game zone as part of its latest exhibition.

Code Breakers celebrates video games created by New Zealand and Australian women and… Audio

Schools are having to get creative to keep classes going as students and teachers are hit hard with Covid and seasonal bugs.

Yesterday the government announced it's supplying 50 child sized masks to… Video, Audio

Locals in a Hawke's Bay community are devastated and angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.

The Waipukurau SPCA will soon close its doors and it's not the only small centre facing… Video, Audio

No traffic lights, no tarseal and an 80km/h speed limit. Driving in the Chatham Islands is as laid back as the way of life, but it still requires a licence.

And that means a trip to the mainland for… Video, Audio

It's been a less-than-ideal week for the All Blacks ahead of their first test of the year.

Covid-19 has handed the home side a rollercoaster buildup - and hundreds of extra Zoom calls - for tomorrow… Video, Audio

It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too.

As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a… Video, Audio

After years of the housing crisis in New Zealand, emergency housing is becoming entrenched on Rotorua's main road - Fenton Street.

Around 40 motels in the tourism hotspot are now being used as… Video, Audio

This deal mean Aotearoa's cheese industry gets a bigger nibble at the European market according to the government.

It says there will be new and improved quota access for more than 31,000 tonnes of… Video, Audio

It's the $1.8 billion deal the PM says unlocks access to one of the world's biggest and lucrative markets.

But the free trade agreement signed with the EU has left the meat and dairy sectors with a… Audio