Radio New Zealand
Hunt for Strickland ongoing one week after fatal hit & run
It's been one week since a fatal hit and run in New Brighton and police are still hunting for suspect Liam Strickland. A funeral was held today for Dean Amies, the 46-year-old homeless man who died… Video, Audio
South Auckland charity warming homes with bubble wrap
A charity in South Auckland has come up with a novel - and cheap - way to warm cold homes in winter. Koo-tuitui Ki Papakura is helping families by installing low-cost insulation - made out of bubble… Video, Audio
Sexual violence victims' advocates urge funding for courts
Victims' advocates are calling for sexual violence courts to be funded nationwide after a two-year trial found they cut wait times and were less traumatic for complainants. An evaulation released… Audio
Evening business for Wednesday 14 August
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Māori man rejected at airport security over walking stick
A Māori man says he was left angered and frustrated after Auckland Airport security would not let him board a plane with a walking stick - because they said it had Māori carvings and could be used as… Video, Audio
Paula Bennett open to working with Winston Peters in 2020
Paula Bennett is walking away from her Upper Harbour electorate, but denies rumours that it paves the way for Air New Zealand boss Christopher Luxon to stand in the Auckland seat.
National's deputy… Video, Audio
'We're preferring potatoes' to urban sprawl - David Parker
Pitting potatoes against property - that's how the government's proposal to protect highly productive farm land from being subdivided or used for urban expansion has been described.
The Environment… Video, Audio
Tiny house dispute heading to court
Tiny house owners are clashing with authorities over what they say are unfair and inconsistent regulations. With no specific legislation for tiny houses, some councils are treating them as structures… Audio
Aucklanders urged to conserve water as dry spell continues
Aucklanders are being asked again to conserve water, after a record dry start to the year, and no good outlook for the rest of it. Video, Audio
$12m in meth seized during major nationwide drug bust
Ten people have been arrested and more than $1 million in cash and assets seized in a major nationwide drug bust today. Reporter Katie Scotcher spoke to Detective Inspector Greg Cramer. Video, Audio
Pedestrian dies after being hit by fleeing driver
A man has died after being hit by a fleeing driver in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton, with a police search now underway for a suspect linked to the incident. Video, Audio
Shamubeel Eaqub: Low OCR will help export sector
The Reserve Bank has sprung a major surprise with a bigger than expected cut to the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1 percent. Economist Shamubeel Eaqub says the move will have the biggest… Audio
Pressure mounts on Julie Anne Genter
National's launched a three-pronged attack against Green MP and government minister Julie Anne Genter, as she continues to come under pressure over a letter she wrote to the Transport Minister. Audio
‘This wouldn’t have happened to a white man’
The lawyer for Donald Neely, who was tied to a rope and led by police on horseback through a Texas town, says his family want the officers fired. Melissa Morris spoke to Checkpoint host Alex… Video, Audio
Pharmac proposes funding for two cancer drugs
Pharmac has struck a deal with pharmaceutical company Roche and now proposes to fund two cancer drugs and a multiple sclerosis drug from December this year. Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition chair… Video, Audio
Calls for Pharmac to be given more money to fund cancer drugs
Pharmac has late this afternoon announced a proposal to fund drugs for breast cancer, lung cancer and multiple sclerosis from December 1. The announcement comes as campaigners fronted politicians… Video, Audio
Evening business for Wednesday 7 August
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Squawkzilla a world first parrot discovery
Evidence of what's called a "truly gigantic parrot" has been found by scientists from Australia and New Zealand among 19-million-year-old fossils. The world's largest parrot - dubbed Squawkzilla -… Video, Audio
Killer grandmother ‘prepared to punish herself’
Pillars President Liz Gordon says she pleaded with Lorraine Smith to change her guilty plea to manslaughter, but she wanted to honour the granddaughter she killed by pleading guilty to murder. Video, Audio
Woman who killed granddaughter spared life imprisonment
Whanganui woman Lorraine Smith, who strangled her 13-year-old granddaughter with a necktie, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail and will be eligible for parole after six years. Video, Audio
