Tess Brunton

Dunedin churchgoers have begun cleaning up after a fire broke out in the roof of St Paul's Cathedral early this morning.

Firefighters were called to the Anglican Cathedral at the corner of Moray… Video, Audio

The clean up has started at St Paul's Cathedral in Dunedin where a fire broke out early this morning.

Firefighters were called to the Anglican cathedral at the corner of Moray Place and Stuart Street… Audio

The roof of St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Dunedin is on fire.

Firefighters were called at about 3:30 on Tuesday morning.

Reporter Tess Brunton speaks to Kim Hill. Audio

A fire that took hold in the roof of St Paul's Cathedral in central Dunedin appears to now be under control.

Firefighters were called at about 3:30 on Tuesday morning.

Reporter Tess Brunton speaks… Audio

The roof of St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Dunedin is on fire.

Firefighters were called at about 3:30 on Tuesday morning. Audio

Queenstown residents have been queuing to get tested for Covid-19 at a free, drive-thru testing site this morning 

The site has been set up at the Pak'n'Save carpark in Frankton and started testing… Audio

People around Queenstown are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19 after a recent visitor tested positive in South Korea.

A free pop-up surveillance testing site has been set up today at the… Audio

Repair work on one of the country's most isolated highways - the Milford Road - is ongoing with road crews facing challenging conditions as winter takes hold.

The only road into Milford Sound was… Video, Audio

Fiordland is facing up to 40 percent unemployment with many tourism business saying they're unsure about their future.

This year the region has been hit by severe flooding that cut access to Milford… Video, Audio

Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker won't be seeking re-election after confessing to leaking the details of Covid-19 patients to media.

Walker admitted to the act on Tuesday, but since then has not… Audio

Shockwaves continue to ripple through National MP Hamish Walker's electorate in the wake of revelations he's behind the leak of Covid-19 patient details to media.

He won Clutha-Southland comfortably… Audio

Meanwhile residents in Hamish Walker's electorate are shocked he's behind the leak of Covid-19 patient details to media. Hamish Walker won nearly 60 percent of MP votes in the last election - but a… Audio

The Southern District Health Board has made it clear it would prefer Queenstown wasn't used for isolating and quarantining returning New Zealanders.

Last week the government announced it was looking… Audio

Few supporters could be found in David Clark's electorate of Dunedin today - a seat he won by more than 11,000 votes in the last election. Labour has held the seat for decades with Dr Clark at the… Audio

Tourism operators are welcoming plans to waive DOC fees so they can work on conservation land for for free for the next year.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced $25 million has been earmarked to… Video, Audio

Tourism operators are calling for a nationwide overhaul of how businesses can operate in national parks.

Each park is governed by a different set of rules - or management plans - and the majority of… Audio

A pig trotting around Dunedin sounds like a curly tale, but locals say they are telling no porkies, and they have got evidence to prove it.

And they say it is not the first time the pig has hogged… Video, Audio

The ski season kicks off from today with Canterbury's Mt Hutt the first to welcome people back to the slopes.

Ski fields are celebrating the shift to Alert Level 1, saying the past month has been a… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Audio

Warehouse workers say they're devastated to lose their jobs as more than a thousand positions hang in the balance.

Six stores are in the firing line - The Warehouse stores in Whangaparaoa… Audio