New Zealand

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6256372481001 Video, Audio

New Zealand's recycling practices are under scrutiny amid revelations that hundreds of tonnes of plastic are still being sent to countries like Malaysia and Thailand.

Concerns have been raised for… Video, Audio

Cantabrians, get the gumboots out and batten down the hatches - significant heavy rain is expected in the region this weekend.

MetService is warning Canterbury is in for a drenching, with downpours… Video, Audio

Radiation therapy for cancer patients is likely to be back on at the Waikato DHB by the middle of next week as it starts restoring its IT services.

It comes with a caveat though. It will not be at… Video, Audio

The extended pause to the travel bubble with Victoria has forced some people to make changes to their plans.

With Victoria in lockdown the government here has decided to maintain a pause on… Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from Parliament with the details of Scott Morrison's visit.

  Video, Audio

The government is introducing pre-departure testing for anyone who was in Victoria in the days leading up to the travel pause.

A freeze on quarantine free flights between New Zealand and Victoria is… Video, Audio

Volunteers have flocked to the outskirts of Auckland to start cleaning up one of the city's dirtiest waterways.

They're worried about the effects of developments and industry on the environment and… Video, Audio

There's relief for the family of a woman who died of cancer, after a final ruling that she was wrongly denied money from ACC in the years before her death.

Deanna Trevarthen died of a cancer called… Audio

The government's budget spend up has failed to get them a boost and Judith Collins has taken a further hit, according to the latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll.

Tonight's poll is the first since last… Video, Audio

From midnight Victoria will go into lockdown for seven days as the state frantically tries to cram a lid on the rapidly growing number of Covid-19 cases.

And late this afternoon the Covid-19 Response… Audio

A massive campaign by cycling advocates has forced Wellington City Council to do a u-turn, signing off today on fast-tracking cycleways across the city.

The $226 million project, which is part of the… Audio

From Friday, Victoria will be heading into a seven-day lockdown in attempts to curb a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

The state recorded another 11 cases overnight taking the total of the cluster to 26.

… Audio

Plans are being laid by a citizens coalition in Invercargill to topple Sir Tim Shadbolt as Mayor, come next year's local body elections.

The city is already on course for its fourth deputy mayor in… Audio

Auckland ratepayers are on the hook for legal bills totalling at least $1 million as the council fights for a temporary ban on downtown bottle stores.

Council and court papers obtained by Checkpoint… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6256206824001 Video, Audio

There's been a thawing of the relationship between New Zealand Rugby and the Players Association with a meeting in Wellington today.

On the agenda was an alternative to the proposed $387 million… Video, Audio

In Victoria a snap lockdown is aimed at shutting down a Melbourne community outbreak of a highly contagious strain of Covid-19.

The restrictions in the state kick in at midnight and last seven days… Video, Audio

District Health Boards are on notice from the Privacy Commissioner, to lock their virtual front doors or face possible prosecution, following Waikato DHB's ransomware cyber attack.

Health Minister… Audio

Confidential patient and staff information stolen in last week's ransomware cyber attack on the Waikato DHB is confirmed to be genuine.

Files were leaked to four media organisations, including RNZ on… Audio