New Zealand

It's the cheap deal that could cost you dearly. Police say stolen gas heating systems being sold on the web are often damaged and could cause an explosion.

The califont systems are being swiped from… Video, Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population. Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Video, Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population.

Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Audio

Timaru teens are being urged to be very careful around a planned tribute for five boys who died in a car crash on the weekend.

The boys - all aged between 15 and 16 - died when an overloaded car… Audio

Craig Harrison is the national secretary of the Maritime Union. He discusses the case of the cargo ship with workers with Covid-19 at the Port of Tauranga.

He says the situation has been handled… Video, Audio

Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test because another ship has been hit by the virus.

Our political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from our Parliament office.

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Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test, because another ship has been hit by the virus.

This time it is off the coast of Tauranga with 11 of its 21 crew having tested… Audio

Kayak Sprint champion Lisa Carrington has just become the most successful and decorated Olympian in New Zealand's history. She joins us from Tokyo to discuss how she feels about her new title and what… Audio

Auckland-based company Buckley Systems has developed and manufactured a machine which could help treat the most difficult cancers. Founder and developer Bill Buckley discusses the potentially… Audio

Cathy Macleay emigrated from Christchurch in the late 1960s and started out her life in Chile on the family farm of her late husband, Hugh, but now lives on her own in Punta Arenas. She has four… Audio, Gallery

Aotearoa's ability to make our own fuel is set to be scrapped, with hundreds of Northland jobs to be lost as well.

Refining NZ shareholders today voted overwhelmingly in favour of switching its… Video, Audio

There are question marks around the All Blacks upcoming season, with players only wanting to do one stint in MIQ.

They're getting ready to face the Wallabies in the opening Bledisloe Cup test at Eden… Audio

Ellesse Andrews has stamped her mark as one of the world's elite cyclists, becoming the first NZ woman to clinch a track cycling medal since Sarah Ulmer in 2004.

The 21-year-old claimed silver in… Audio

His swimmers broke records but he almost broke the internet with a personal best for free style celebrations.

Dean Boxall coached our own Eve Thomas and half a dozen Australian Olympic swimmers… Video, Audio

The biggest food festival in the southern hemisphere is being plated up once again to the delight of foodies and burger-lovers.

More than 300 venues taking part in Wellington On a Plate - from all… Video, Audio

The National party is panning a review of the government's mental health spending before it's even been released.

A government unit is carrying out an inquiry into how two-billion dollars in mental… Audio

Friday is the deadline for public submissions on the hate speech reforms. But a Muslim advocacy group says the government's approach has been seriously dysfunctional.

The Federation of Islamic… Video, Audio

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A New Zealand resident who's been here nearly a decade says he's quitting the country because his wife can't get in.

Shlok Kant believes he's shown Immigration New Zealand his marriage is genuine… Audio