New Zealand
Rugby: Cane admits surprise at scoring All Blacks captain job
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
Petition to ban non-NZ freedom campers across country grows
There is growing support for a petition to ban all freedom camping, nation-wide, for non-residents.
The woman behind the idea wants the country to re-asses the parameters around freedom camping in… Audio
Law firms repay millions of dollars in unneeded wage subsidies
Some of New Zealand's largest law firms have started paying back the millions of dollars they claimed in government wage subsidies.
Audits are being done on the hundreds of thousands of businesses… Audio
Evening business for Wednesday 6 May
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Marist student tests positive for Covid-19 nearly seven weeks after outbreak
Nearly seven weeks after confirming its first case of Covid-19, and weeks into a nationwide lockdown, another student from Auckland's Marist college has tested positive.
It brings New Zealand's… Video, Audio
Epidemic Response Committee summons officials over legal advice for Covid-19 lockdown
For the first time ever, Parliament is issuing summonses to the Solicitor-General, the Director-General of Health and the Police Commissioner, seeking all legal advice on the lockdown.
The Epidemic… Audio
Was Covid-19 lockdown legal? Professor Claudia Geiringer explains
Former parliamentary counsel and law drafter Andrew Borrowdale is putting the question to the test, asking the High Court to rule lockdown level 4 and 3 illegal. He is arguing that Director-General of… Video, Audio
NZ govt urged to apply more scrutiny in West Papua
A West Papua solidarity group in New Zealand has criticised the government for not doing enough about violence and human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region.
Dick Frizzell: 'I'm a habitual isolator by nature'
Artist Dick Frizzell has been busy during lockdown putting the finishing touches on his new book Me, According To The History Of Art. The self-described 'habitual isolator' joins the show to discuss… Audio
Top economists back trans-Tasman bubble concept
International economist and author Steve Keen and former Reserve Bank economist Michael Reddell join the show to discuss the post-Covid-19 economic prospects for New Zealand and the trans-Tasman… Audio
The mysterious disappearance of Kim Jong Un
New Zealand journalist Anna Fifield is the Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post and last year she wrote the book on controversial North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. She joins the show to discuss… Audio
Kiwis remain cautious and hesitant under Alert Level 3
Research New Zealand's latest Covid-19 survey suggests only 44% of people who are still employed want to return to work under Alert Level 3, while 47% of respondents are willing to take the risk of… Audio
Grieving communities struggling with lockdown funeral rules
Grieving communities are feeling the strain over having to ensure funerals and tangi are restricted to 10 people only.
More than 100 people turned up to a tangi near Christchurch this week, despite… Audio
Redcurrent owner on rent strike, battling to survive lockdown
A veteran New Zealand retailer is on a rent strike in what she describes as a battle to survive after losing an estimated $1 million in turnover in the last six weeks due to Covid-19.
Homeware store… Video, Audio
Iwi health services on major mission to test more Māori
Māori communities in isolated areas are turning up in droves to be tested for Covid-19.
New mobile testing units are being deployed to rural areas and to whānau homes, and clinics are being set up at… Audio
NZ cannabis growing rules released ahead of referendum
The final blueprint for New Zealand's legal cannabis market has been released - giving the public all the information to decide how they will vote in the planned referendum.
The new details include a… Audio
How a top Auckland chef is facing the Covid-19 lockdown struggle
Despite several days of queues at takeaway stores across the country, the next few weeks will reveal how many food businesses will actually be able to survive the impacts of Covid-19.
Indira Stewart… Video, Audio
What you need to know if cannabis becomes legal in New Zealand
If New Zealanders vote to legalise cannabis, there will be a cap on how much is grown every year, set by an authority that will also divide the quota between licenced growers.
The government has… Video, Audio
Evening business for 1 May 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Man charged with murder after woman dies in Mt Roskill
A massive bang, and when the smoke cleared - there was a body.
A man has been charged with the murder of an Auckland woman on Friday morning, in the wake of an explosion that woke a suburb.
Mt… Audio