Susie Ferguson
Wellington's bird numbers soaring as pests decline
Native bird numbers in Wellington are soaring and pest numbers are going down.
But what else needs to be done to support our feathered friends?
Wellington City Council urban ecology manager Hank… Audio
Efeso Collins not pleased with website confusion
An Auckland mayoral candidate is blaming under-handed tactics during campaigning for a website upset.
A website under the domain name EfesoCollins.co.nz directs users through to LeoMolloy.co.nz… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 22 July 2022
Wellington cleaning up after wild weather hit; Thousands stranded after more than 130 flight cancellations; Ferry sailings dropped due to bad weather; Ian Foster set to keep job after series loss… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 20 July 2022
Flood-hit Otago and Canterbury begin the cleanup after a storm ripped up roads, cut off towns and washed away a section of highway. The heatwave sweeping Europe has killed a thousand people in Spain… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 19 July 2022
Opposition parties call on the government to take some responsibility for the record high inflation - we'll have the Finance Minister's response Strong winds are battering much of the country, cutting… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 18 July 2022
Inflation figures are out today and it's expected to top seven percent for the first time since 1990. We'll ask Transport Minister Michael Wood if extending petrol tax cuts and half price public… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 15 July 2022
Doctors say free masks, free RATs and more access to antivirals will do little to ease the strain they're under Kiribati's President has picked up the phone, reigniting hopes his country is not… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 13 July 2022
Top stories for Wednesday 13 July 2022 A woman is dead after a shooting in West Auckland last night Two people are still missing after their car was washed away in North Taieri just outside Dunedin… Audio
Weather, employee sickness disrupting flights across NZ
Wild weather, employee sickness and engineering issues are continuing to disrupt flights across the country, while airlines and airports face high demand as the school holidays kick off.
Air New… Audio
Kiribati out of Pacific Islands Forum
The Pacific Islands Forum, begins today and it's already off to a rocky start.
Kiribati - a Micronesian country - has withdrawn totally the forum and won't be attending.
RNZ Pacific news director… Audio
Reports Sri Lanka's president is trying to flee country
The speaker of the Sri Lankan parliament says the president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is attempting to flee the country.
Military sources say his getaway ship is still in Sri Lankan waters. Demonstrators… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 11 July 2022
Covid case numbers are soaring, with hospitalisations at their highest number since April - we spoke to the Prime Minister, The Association of General Surgeons says as a result, the number of deferred… Audio
Philanthropist donates $50m for mental health in Hutt
Prominent Wellington philanthropist Mark Dunajtschik will donate up to $50million for a new mental health unit at Hutt Hospital near Wellington.
The gift follows his 2017 donation of fifty million… Audio
Andy Foster won't say if Sir Peter Jackson backing re-election
Wellington's mayor Andy Foster is throwing his hat in the ring again for the city council's top spot - but he won't confirm if Sir Peter Jackson will back him again. Audio
Lower North Island meteor sighting explained
Not a bird - or a plane - but a meteor shooting across the skies above the lower North Island. Many couldn't believe their eyes - some describing it as a fireball, while others thought they saw a… Audio
Eid festivities to go ahead with increased security
Police have met again with Muslim community leaders to discuss security measures for Eid events across the country this weekend.
Reassurance checks and measures are also taking place following the… Audio
Conservative women say Boris must go
President of the Conservative Women's Organisation Eve Burt says Boris Johnson's position as Prime Minister is 'untenable', and he must step down.
She said the culture in parliament must change, and… Audio
Waka Kotahi concerned about winter weather
Waka Kotahi Transport Agency is urging road users to be careful as unsettled weather makes its way across the South Island in time for the start of the school holidays.
MetService is forecasting… Audio
Rapid rise of flu in south Auckland, amid more Covid
There are more than three times the number of flu cases as Covid ones at one of the country's biggest hospitals - and it could get worse.
Flu has risen rapidly so far this winter, at Auckland's… Audio
Boris Johnson steps down, vows to stay on as caretaker PM
Boris Johnson is stepping down as leader of the British conservative party, but he's vowing to stay on as a caretaker prime minister until a replacement process is completed over the next couple of… Audio
