Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

In Dunedin, all eyes are on a famous corpse flower at the Dunedin Botanic Garden. It blooms sporadically and emits an odour so rancid it's been compared to a rotting corpse in the process. Keenly… Audio

The America's Cup Challenger Selection Series begins today in Auckland and the regatta organiser says now is the time to leave "silly" off the water squabbles behind. The first of four round robin… Audio

The country's first sniffer dogs specialising in kauri dieback are ready to get to work in the fight against the disease. The two dogs will add first line of defence against the incurable disease that… Audio

The theft of a treasured Charles Goldie painting from a Hamilton property has outraged the country's art buffs. The painting, titled 'Sleep 'tis a Gentle Thing', was taken along with other valuable… Audio

Southlanders are expressing relief after a deal was reached to keep the Tiwai Point aluminum smelter open. Mining conglomerate Rio Tinto announced last year it was closing Tiwai in August this year… Audio

A woman says she's been left shaken and humiliated after being dragged along the beach by the director of a water park in Auckland. Video footage has captured the moment the man first grabs and then… Audio

A few nerves and two weeks in managed isolation haven't been enough to keep White Ferns cricket captain Sophie Devine down. Playing her first game in seven weeks, yesterday Devine set a new world… Audio

The US President Donald Trump has become the only President to have been impeached twice, with the House of Representatives condemning him for "willful incitement of insurrection." The impeachment… Audio

Gay, lesbian or bisexual people are twice as likely to suffer from sexual violence or family harm than the average New Zealander.

Te Aniwa Hurihanganui spoke to Tabby Besley from InsideOUT, a charity… Audio

Gay, lesbian or bisexual people are twice as likely to suffer from sexual violence or family harm than the average New Zealander. The Ministry of Justice figures from the Crime and Victims Survey… Audio

A Housing First provider says rapidly rising rents are making working people homeless, because they cannot afford rapidly rising rents, and do not qualify for government help. Nearly 10,000 Emergency… Audio

A Whanau Ora provider says rapidly rising rents are driving families out of private homes and into emergency housing at an alarming rate. The number of emergency housing grants issued from the… Audio

A world-record attempt is underway in Gore to shear the most lambs in nine hours.

24-year-old Megan Whitehead is attempting to beat the current record of 648, which was set by Emily Welch in 2007.

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Dunedin City Council has closed a public road so a sea lion can safely reach the ocean to get food for her new born pup. Hiriwa, the 150 kilogram sea lion, is currently nestled in bush alongside the… Audio

The Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter will keep operating through to the end of December 2024, in a new deal just announced to the New Zealand stock exchange.

Meridian Energy says that global mining… Audio

Doctors are welcoming new guidelines on when and if it is appropriate to snip babies with a tongue-tie.

As many as one in ten babies are born with a tongue-tie each year, which can cause… Audio

Thousands of social media accounts have been purged from the Internet in the wake of the Capitol riots, as tech companies reevaluate the role their services played in organising that chaotic event.

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A fire at a scrap metal yard in Papakura has been put out overnight.

The last fire truck left the site at 4:30am, after battling the blaze since eight o'clock yesterday morning.

At one stage, the… Audio

Americans have a history of snapping up some of the most sought after slices of New Zealand paradise and now it seems they want a piece of the All Blacks too.

Overseas media is reporting US-based… Audio