New Zealand

The government says it remains focused on mitigating climate change impacts rather than preparing for climate refugees - despite a recent United Nations ruling.

In a landmark ruling, the UN has said… Audio

Airports in Australia are the latest to begin screening passengers flying in from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where a pneumonia-like virus has infected hundreds of people.

The number of people in… Audio

The destruction of Whānau Ora by stealth or a politically motivated public stoush - which is it?

A group of five prominent Māori kuia, including Dame Naida Glavish, Dame Tariana Turia,and Merepeka… Video, Audio

New Zealand firefighters who went over to the Australia to help with the bushfire effort have begun returning home.

RNZ reporter MacKenzie Smith was at Auckland Airport to hear of their experiences.

Parents and disability advocates say they are disappointed the government's overhaul of funded family care doesn't go far enough to fix some of the most critical problems in the system.

The changes… Audio

Telecommunications company Vodafone is giving its more than 2,000 workers an extra incentive to finish the summer weeks early. It has announced it will let employees leave at 2pm on Fridays during… Audio

Red tape, inflated land prices, rock-bottom interest rates, migration and speculation are fuelling New Zealand's runaway property market.

The 16th annual Demographia International Housing… Video, Audio

A huge dust storm has swept through the Australian city of Dubbo, with a cloud hundreds of metres high causing damage to a school and local businesses.

Dramatic footage shows a wall of dust… Video, Audio

For the first time Prince Harry has spoken publicly about his great sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties as part of an official exit deal.

At the weekend Buckingham Palace announced… Video, Audio

The National Party says a burglary at its Auckland headquarters is a sinister start to election year.

Three laptops were taken from the office in Greenlane in the break in - yet other other items… Video, Audio

Fire and Emergency say last night's accidental Tsunami warning was the result of an old IT system, that is no longer in use.

Sirens started sounding at about 9:15pm on Sunday from Te Puke to Waihi… Audio

Paddlers - both young and old - have spent this past week battling it out on Lake Karapiro at the annual Waka Ama Sprint Champs.

Eighty-one-year-old Emily Bishop is among those competing, her team… Audio

The semi-finals are underway at the ASB men's tennis Classic in Auckland.

RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson is there. Audio

Data released by Inland Revenue has revealed overseas-based student loan borrowers owe the Government more than $3.4 billion.

There are more than 100,000 people with student loans living overseas and… Audio

The idea of fighting fire with fire, it's a concept rooted deep in Australia's aboriginal culture.

Indigenous fire management practices have found the spotlight amid the country's bush fire crisis… Audio

Andrew Barnes is on a global mission to shrink the average working week from five days to four.

It's been 18 months since the founder of the trust company Perpetual Guardian offered his staff an… Audio

For a quick update on what the markets are up to this evening we're joined by business reporter Madison Reidy. Audio

A historian is concerned that drastic reductions in archive opening hours will make it harder for iwi to conduct crucial research.

From March 2nd, the reading room hours at Archives New Zealand will… Audio

Cyclone Tino, a category one storm, is due to make landfall over Fiji's second-largest island of Vanua Levu later this evening. 

Labasa has closed shop early as the storm bears down on the farming… Audio

One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis, according to a new study by the Global Burden Of Disease Report.

Sepsis -- also known as blood poisoning -- killed more than 11 million people… Audio