New Zealand
Have you considered donating your skin?
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 footage shows calm before fatal blast on Whakaari White Island
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
Police to return for bodies after Whakaari White Island
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
Can you impeach a prime minister?
With President Trump dancing the impeachment tango we explore the New Zealand equivalent. Can you impeach a prime minister?
Can you impeach a prime minister?
With President Trump dancing the impeachment tango we explore the New Zealand equivalent. Can you impeach a prime minister?
AudioWhakatāne Hospital 'like war zone' after White Island eruption
"Like a war zone" is how one doctor has described the emergency department at Whakatane Hospital as it was deluged with badly burned sight seers caught in the ash and steam clouds as White Island… Audio
Whakaari White Island eruption: Criminal investigation announced
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
Whakaari White Island eruption: One dead, more fatalities expected
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
Ex-Auditor-General seeks redress over 'forced' resignation
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
Auckland bus drivers march Queen St for better pay, hours
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
Whakaari White Island eruption: Bay of Plenty warned of ashfall
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
Whakaari White Island eruption: Local in cordon describes scene
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
Teresa Cormack's killer 'cold, calculated'
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
Samoa measles death toll reaches 70
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
Timaru cleans up after Rangitata flooding
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
Evening business for 9 December 2019
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Austin Mitchell: 'This is the most uncertain UK election ever'
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
Electric trucks coming to collect Auckland's food scraps
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
Ōpōtiki birthing centre closed at short notice
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
Diseases, low vaccinations more danger than terrorism - doctor
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