New Zealand

Precious donations of skin arrived on Thursday from the United States ready for use in pain staking labour intensive life-saving operations.

Twenty-one people remain in hospital after suffering… Video, Audio

Incredible new footage has emerged showing seemingly idyllic conditions as sightseers wandered around the White Island volcano before Monday's fatal eruption.

The video taken buy one of the tourists… Video, Audio

After days of planning and risk assessment, police say they will return to Whakaari White Island on Friday morning to bring back the bodies of those still there.

Eight people remain on the island -… Video, Audio

With President Trump dancing the impeachment tango we explore the New Zealand equivalent. Can you impeach a prime minister?

Police have announced they will carry out a criminal investigation into the deaths of at least five people from the Whakaari White Island eruption.

There were 47 people on the island when it erupted… Video, Audio

A rescue operation is underway in the Bay of Plenty following an eruption on White Island at 2:11pm Monday, that sent a plume of ash and steam 12,000 feet into the air.

Around 50 people were on or… Video, Audio

The Former Auditor-General Martin Matthews is petitioning Parliament to reopen his case, claiming MPs "held a gun to his head" to force his resignation.

Mr Matthews resigned in 2017, just hours… Audio

Thousands of commuters in Auckland will have their ride home from work disrupted this evening as a third of the city's buses remain out of action due to a heated industrial dispute.

Drivers working… Video, Audio

A massive rescue operation is underway following an eruption on White Island in the Bay of Plenty at 2:11pm on Wednesday.

Initially it was believed 100 people were on or around the island at the… Video, Audio

In the Bay of Plenty a massive rescue operation is underway following an eruption on White Island at around 2:11pm when about 50 people were on or around the island.

At least 20 have been injured, a… Video, Audio

The police officer who arrested Jules Mikus for the murder of Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack in 2002, says he "despised" the "cold and calculating" killer and won't be mourning his passing.

… Video, Audio

The death toll from Samoa's measles epidemic has reached 70, with two deaths recorded in the past 24 hours.

It's the 13th day in a row the toll has risen and the total number of cases since October… Audio

Travellers are welcoming the reopening of a road connecting the lower South Island to the north.

On Saturday, the Rangitata River breached its banks, flooding the only two bridges allowing road… Audio

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

At 85, former Labour MP Austin Mitchell has witnessed and been part of more elections than even he might care to remember. The former MP for Grimsby from remains sharp as a tack and is picking a… Audio

Aucklanders' potato peels and apple cores are destined for greater things with the council rolling out a city wide composting scheme that will see food scraps recycled into useful stuf,; like heat and… Video, Audio

Mums-to-be in a Bay of Plenty town say it's unfair to close their only birthing centre at short notice.

The District Health Board has closed the Opotiki Primary Maternity Unit for four months until… Video, Audio

A doctor who has been on the front line of Samoa's measles epidemic believes infectious diseases and poor vaccination rates pose a greater challenge to the world then terrorism.

Hawaii's Lt Governor… Video, Audio