New Zealand
Canterbury farmers frustrated by effects of climate change
Frustrated farmers in Canterbury's Selwyn district are wanting answers after storms and high tide surges continue to cause havoc on their properties.
Property owners along the coast of Southbridge… Video, Audio
Aus transport companies try to entice NZ bus drivers
New Zealand's bus driver shortage could be about to get a whole lot more dire, with Australian transport companies keen to entice drivers across the ditch.
Australian transport companies offer better… Audio
Evening business for 10 June 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307564729112 Video, Audio
Weather: Unsettled skies over Aotearoa for weekend ahead
Winter is well and truly here. Stormy weather lashed much of the country today, from high winds in Taranaki to snow down south.
MetService reported 20,000 lightning strikes in Western regions in a 24… Audio
Police share shocking testimony at capitol riot hearings
In the US, a House committee investigating last year's Capitol riot has been laying out its case against Donald Trump.
The first public hearing into the attack on January the 6th has been taking… Audio
Albanese's comments on 501 deportees 'significant' - Ardern
Australia's newly crowned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks set to soften his stance on his country's 501 policy following his first formal meeting with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Describing… Audio
System to blame for GIB monopoly - plasterboard boss
Social housing developer Simplicity Living has launched a revolt against Fletcher Building that controls about 94 percent of the market, cancelling all its orders; instead opting to import another… Video, Audio
NZ records zero AIDS-related deaths in May
For the first time since records began, New Zealand has recorded zero AIDS-related deaths in May.
Infection rates are the lowest they've been in two decades, with 67 diagnoses last year. As the… Audio
Weather: Ferrari owner's lucky escape from fallen tree
Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.
Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Video, Audio
Taking a body for burial - tikanga and common law
The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.
Tommy Murray who died… Audio
Australian dinosaur hunters make discovery of a lifetime
Amateur Aussie dinosaur hunters have made the discovery of a life time. The couple not only spotted a prehistoric foot print in some rock but after sending photos of their find to experts - it looks… Video, Audio
Tournament dividing golfing world set to tee off
The tournament which has divided the golfing world tees off near London tonight. The Saudi backed L-I-V series will initially be made up of eight events, the first at the Centurion Club on the… Audio
Water management legislation passes first reading
New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.
Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Audio
Influx of flu hits Middlemore, already busy with Covid
Health services are under increasing pressure with surgeries being postponed and patients being transferred to ease the load on hospitals.
Middlemore Hospital is under increasing pressure as it copes… Audio
Govt aims to cut chronic truancy to 5 percent by 2024
Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of… Video, Audio
Evening business for 9 June 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307497008112 Video, Audio
NZ First Foundation donors believed they were funding Peters
The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.
Two men are on trial in Auckland… Audio
Contractors back to work at Bromley wastewater treatment plant
Contractors are back on the job removing the rot from Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, after a mechanical fault ground work to a halt earlier this week.
For the first time… Video, Audio
Wild weather hits Wellington, region braces for more
The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.
One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast -… Video, Audio
Whānau explains why man's body was taken from grieving wife
Tommy Murray's body was controversially taken from his Wellington home and taken to Northland for burial, against his wife's wishes.
Today his extended family has spoken out saying they were doing… Audio