New Zealand

Justice Advocates say plans to pour money into extra police will do little to address the main cause of crime, with Māori likely to be disproportionately affected.

$560 million will be pumped into… Audio

The climate change minister is promising a historic shift in climate policy will be central to the Budget.

And Minister James Shaw says the detail of the government's long-awaited comprehensive plan… Audio

A Checkpoint checkout challenge has revealed that a comparative grocery shop here and across the ditch is way cheaper in Australia.

Items like bread, milk, cheese, meat, eggs, toiletries and fruit… Video, Audio

Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz has burst his way onto the world tennis stage by beating some of the biggest names in the game.

The 19-year-old has edged past Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and… Audio

A Wellington school, that bought a car specifically for student driving lessons, reckons it's a real game changer.

Taita College wanted to make it easier for its students to get their licences, get… Video, Audio

Countdown's price freeze began today with 500 "essential" items to stay at the same price over winter.

Some consumers have expressed disappointment at the lack of fresh produce, dairy and meat on the… Audio

More and more families are looking for alternatives to getting behind the wheel, as petrol prices continue to creep back up.

The AA is predicting it could even reach $4 a litre. Last week the… Audio

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On average less than half of eligible voters cast ballots in local body elections. On top of that the people who are elected are generally male, pākehā, and likely aged between 56 and 60 years old.

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Bromley residents fed up with their homes smelling like burnt poo are taking matters into their own hands.

They say Christchurch City Council is not doing enough to fix the horrific stench wafting… Audio

Drive off thefts from petrol station are up 24 percent on the same time last year. That's according to just released data from retail crime intelligence company Auror.

It says the jump in this kind… Video, Audio

Another car has ploughed through another shop front, and a multi-agency meeting is taking place as government and other groups work out what to do about ram raids.

Community leaders and shop owners… Video, Audio

A Wellington man who claims police threatened to trespass him from an Anzac Day memorial if he displayed an Armenian flag in memory of genocide victims says it is "shameful".

He says it's kowtowing… Audio

New Zealand is set for its warmest winter in history with ocean temperatures in the upper north island still in their early twenties.

NIWA says coastal sea temperatures were unusually warm for the… Video, Audio

Residents of the Central North Island town of Ohakune are optimistic a booming winter is on the way after two years of Covid uncertainty.

And although warnings about volcanic activity on Mt Ruapehu… Audio

Former All Blacks prop Owen Franks hasn't played test rugby for three years but he's not giving up hope of adding to his 108 test career.

Franks played 150 games for the Crusaders and is now set to… Audio

The last remaining coal boilers being used to heat school classrooms are set to be scrapped and replaced with cleaner wood burners or electric heating by 2025.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio

With waiting lists for elective surgery blowing out even further because of Covid restrictions, some are setting their sights on other countries to get the treatment they're wanting.

Rachel Graham… Audio

American officials have seized a multimillion dollar super yacht moored in Fiji because of its links to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and so called dirty money.

The US blacklisted Suleimon Kerimov… Video, Audio