Soumya Bhamidipati

It's been a mixed bag for event organisers as the New Year's music festival season begins to wind up.

While ticket sales are up, poor weather has been a downer for some would-be ravers.

Soumya… Audio

A former Corrections officer says she was threatened with the sack when she spoke up about widespread corruption at Rimutaka Prison.

A three-year police investigation into the jail has this week led… Audio

A flicker of lights, a huge roar, a cyclone of glass, and then it was all over in a flash. Wild weather and what some witnesses have described as a "mini-tornado" wreaked havoc in Lower Hutt yesterday… Audio

More than 1,000 protestors gathered on parliament's lawn today, once again urging the government to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

It comes as a New Zealander made it out of… Audio

A New Zealander has made it out of Gaza overnight, crossing into Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says they're being supported by the New Zealand Embassy in… Audio

Thousands took to the streets today protesting against the new government's policies on co-governance and the Treaty of Waitangi. At least 20 demonstrations were held across the country, coinciding… Audio

Multiple investigations are underway after police shot a man dead in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata Thursday afternoon.

The man had been holding his partner hostage with a weapon for over an… Audio

A justice advocate says people being remanded in custody are pleading guilty to crimes they haven't committed just to get out of prison. Others are effectively serving jail sentences for charges… Audio

It's October 31st which means all over the country zombies, witches and ghosts will tonight take to the streets to celebrate Halloween.

As it gains popularity, Soumya Bhamidipati finds out why some… Audio

It's been five days since police say a baby was killed in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita but officers are yet to charge anyone. The death of Ruthless-Empire Ahipene Wall, who would have turned two on… Audio

An aggressive advertising campaign and attractive relocation package is underway to lure New Zealand prison guards to Australia.

The Northern Territory government is offering individuals a $25,000… Audio

Kim Dotcom's case is back in court as his legal team fights a decision that would see his hard-drives and passwords released to the United States.

The controversial billionaire is appealing a High… Audio

Reporter Soumya Bhamidipati joins us now from Wellington airport, where multiple flights were cancelled on Sunday, and further cancellations and delays on Monday morning.

Bhamidipati spoke to Ingrid… Audio

Hawke's Bay councils now have to sell ratepayers on a take it or leave it offer from the government to help buy out cyclone wrecked homes at high risk of being flooded again. 

The size of the bill is… Audio

A $7 billion transport plan for the capital is back on track after an eleventh hour bid failed to stop it.

City Councillors voted 9 to 7 in favour of keeping Let's Get Wellington Moving - an ambition… Audio

Prison guards and justice advocates are both demanding Corrections is to be held account over its treatment of prisoners including inmates being locked in cells for 23 hours a day.

It follows a… Audio

RNZ continues to audit hundreds of online articles after a staffer altered wire copy to include pro-Russian views and incorrect details about the war in Ukraine. 300 articles have been audited since… Audio

A woman has died after an intruder broke into a property in Kaikohe, Northland on Thursday night.

Police said they were called to a Taraire Street property about 11.30pm after reports of an intruder.

Police have redesigned their policy when it comes to pursuing fleeing vehicles. Most drivers who've failed to stop for police in the last two years haven't been caught.

But parents who've had… Audio

Hundreds of people have today marked the death of a man well-known for juggling on the streets of Wellington.

Michael Wahrlich, affectionately known as Mike the Juggler, is one of five people known… Video, Audio