New Zealand

For the whole of 2019, Finland-based Australian teacher Elln Heytin tried not to buy anything apart from vital supplies such as food and toiletries. In the 12 months, she bought just four things – a… Audio

If you're in a long-term relationship, your partner's outlook can have a big impact on how long and how well you live, according to a new study by researchers at Michigan State University. It turns… Audio

Technically, Duncan Clarke still lives at his mother's place in Wellington, but that's because his vocation as a long-haul tour bus driver means he is effectively of no fixed abode. The former… Audio, Gallery

The Abortion Legislation Committee has delivered its much anticipated report on the Abortion Legislation Bill.

Among the recommendations the committee wants safeguards to address sex selection… Audio

The son of a man killed at the Affco meat plant in Wairoa last week and the district's mayor are calling on the company to be upfront with workers about when the plant will fully reopen and whether… Audio

Calls tonight for the government to introduce a strict monitoring regime for all under five years old in NZ in the wake of a four-year-old Flaxmere boy being brutally beaten two weeks ago.

The… Video, Audio

The New Zealand government is considering whether to extend border restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.

Currently any foreigners who have travelled through mainland China are… Video, Audio

Auckland Council is planning to use Fonterra's milk tankers to try and get water to thousands of households whose tanks are running dangerously low.

Auckland is on track to reach 40 consecutive days… Video, Audio

The extreme dry spell affecting many parts of the country continues to bite with water restrictions, fire bans and farms becoming brown and barren dust-bowls.

Soil moisture deficits are worsening… Video, Audio

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

It's a day of both celebration and disappointment for supporters of filmmaker Renae Maihi, after Sir Robert Jones dropped his defamation case against her.

The millionaire property investor was suing… Audio

A disability advocate fighting to stop the planned closure of Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation and respite services says she's ready to take the case to court.

Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation offers… Video, Audio

An incredible thinker, a Labour Party stalwart, international diplomat, and a man who cared deeply about the lives of New Zealanders.

They were just some of the tributes for former Prime Minister… Video, Audio

A man has been arrested in relation to a suspected double murder near Tauranga on Tuesday.

The 25-year old was arrested by armed police in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton.

Police say he is… Audio

Warning: Contains audio content that listeners may find distressing.

A woman on trial for murdering her abusive partner has told a jury she was protecting her son when she stabbed him.

Karen Anne… Audio

Samoan-born New Zealand boxer Jimmy Peau is being remembered as a gentle giant of the sport.

The Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold medalist - who recently had surgery on a brain tumour - died in… Video, Audio

While much of the focus has been on Concert FM, the chief executives of the two broadcasting companies heading for a merger - RNZ and TVNZ - have been talking about what the future might look like.

A… Audio

TV chef and restauranteur Sir Des Britten has been described as a Wellington trailblazer - with a unique vibrancy and energy.

He died early on Thursday morning after a battle with cancer, aged 82… Video, Audio

Warning: Contains violent details that will be distressing to some listeners. The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her abusive partner has heard what her son told police the night of… Audio

Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First Leader Winston Peters says he was involved in having a photograph taken of two journalists and former NZ First President Lester Gray.

The photographs were posted on… Audio