New Zealand

The government has released thousands of pages of documents around its Covid-19 decisions on Friday afternoon.

The documents include papers, minutes and key Covid-19 advice given to government up to… Video, Audio

Tourists who dock on the shores of Aotea Great Barrier Island could soon be turned away, with some locals preparing to set up a checkpoint there during alert level 2.

Checkpoint organiser Kelly Klink… Video, Audio

Professional domestic sport is back on under alert level 2 - but the stands will be empty.

Rules banning mass gatherings will still apply, so fans will have to head to their couches.

Sport and… Audio

Auckland Council will impose mandatory water restrictions for the first time in more than 25 years as the city faces its worst drought in history.

The past four months have been the driest on record… Audio

Restaurateur Al Brown is champing at the bit to reopen when New Zealand's Covid-19 level 3 lockdown eases to level 2.

Brown's three Auckland businesses - Depot, Federal Delicatessen and Best Ugly… Video, Audio

Chow restaurant is a well-known casual dining spot in central Wellington and employs 35 staff.

The booths and tables at Chow can usually seat up to 176 people, but takeaways have kept the business… Video, Audio

Young Act's former Vice President has labelled the youth wing an unsafe place for women, after her complaints of sexual harassment were ignored.

Ali Gammeter has told RNZ she resigned from her role… Audio

A Facebook page for Hawke's Bay farmers struggling with severe drought is being credited with saving lives.

The lack of rain, lack of feed and trouble selling, or sending stock to the meat works… Video, Audio

Thousands of tourism workers have been made redundant as businesses scramble for capital and cut their size.

Many are entering hibernation. This is an industry that previously supported close to… Audio

A 'staging post' for New Zealand's recovery from Covid-19 - that's how the Finance Minister described Budget 2020 in a speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce - given via video link on Thursday.

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Courier drivers may be able to argue for better pay, holiday and sick leave and generally better working conditions following a ruling by the Employment Court on Thursday.

The court has found an… Audio

If level 2 gets the green light, hairdressers, restaurants, domestic travel, gyms, home cleaners and more are all go.

The Reserve Bank estimates the four-and-a-half-week lockdown under level 4 cost… Video, Audio

New Zealand has been promised a "safer version of normal" under Level Two - as the Prime Minister signals what life might look like when restrictions relax.

The country is on track to drop out of… Audio

New Zealand First has once again opted not to name any donations from the mysterious foundation bankrolling the party on its electoral return.

But an electoral law expert says for the first time the… Audio

An Australian journalist says the federal government is treating the travel bubble with less urgency than New Zealand.

The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, yesterday said that trans-Tasman… Audio

A Hawke's Bay farmer says the government's latest drought relief package - a $500,000 fund for advisory services - is a 'drop in the ocean' and will not go far to alleviating struggling farmers'… Audio

A new economic report is forecasting that three times as many jobs could be lost in central Auckland by next March than during the Global Financial Crisis, with GDP also expected to take a huge hit.

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The trauma of the Covid-19 lockdown on those who had nothing to do with the disease was laid bare for MPs on Wednesday.

The Epidemic Response Committee has been hearing about experiences of death -… Audio

Sam Cane admits he was surprised when he was told he'd be the next All Blacks captain.

The Chiefs flanker was give the job despite the lack of international rugby on the horizon.

As RNZ rugby… Audio