Dissent

Crucial upgrade or expensive lemon? That's the debate over a shiny new road upgrade now under way for central Tauranga.

Cameron Road will add space for buses and bikes but won't reduce the number of… Audio

A teacher backlash is building over government plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms after the school holidays.

Union leaders have told RNZ their Auckland members are astonished they could be back in… Audio

A teacher backlash is building over government plans to reopen Auckland's classrooms after the school holidays.

Union leaders have told RNZ their Auckland members are astonished they could be back in… Audio

Parts of the Hauraki plains have effectively been ring-fenced and placed into alert level 4 for at least five days.

It takes in an area near Miranda where there are three new Covid-19 cases including… Video, Audio

The government will consider bringing school holidays forward in Auckland in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown - but can expect resistance from teachers and principals.

Education Minister… Audio

Junior doctors are demanding that the Auckland District Health Board go back to the drawing board again over its hotly debated visitor policy.

Following criticism by nurses, staff and patients, on… Audio

The nurses' organisation is concerned about hospital visitor rules in Auckland, which are allowing hundreds of people to visit patients every day during Alert Level Four. It says hospital staff are… Audio

Middlemore Hospital now has the results back for most of those at risk of contracting Covid-19 from a man who was in a shared room at the hospital. 

Results from 149 people's day three tests have… Audio

Truckers say they still don't have clarity about a new requirement that they be tested every week if they travel through Auckland, fearing it could result in costly delays.

The government introduced… Audio

New Zealand Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says staff shortages in the profession is causing stress right as nurses try to respond to an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

It comes after a… Audio

Among the requirements introduced by the government is for all essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary to have a Covid-19 test every seven days.

The announcement has been condemned by the Road… Audio

The former head of Auckland's water services says ratepayers face hikes in water charges that are wrong and unnecessary.

Water charges are forecast to double over the next decade, beginning with a 7… Audio

BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford has been told she's been banned for life from Russia, after more than 20 years reporting from Moscow.

She was stopped at the airport after returning from Belarus, where… Audio

MP for Waiariki Rawiri Waititi has launched a petition to stop the establishment of another MIQ hotel in Rotorua.

Waititi says the city has been unfairly targeted and he has the backing of local iwi… Audio

A Belarusian sprinter who refused to get on a plane home from the Tokyo Olympics has been granted a humanitartain visa by the Polish government.

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya sought assistance… Audio

Nurses and their bosses are heading to the courts over strike action, as both accuse each other of not doing enough to keep patients safe.

About 30,000 district health board nurses have issued a… Audio

A 2000 home development proposed for a picturesque part of Queenstown is upsetting locals who want it moved elsewhere.

They're not so much worried about a blot on the landscape as the commute to… Audio

The strikes are off and nurses are set to vote on the government's revised pay offer.

After hitting a deadlock in pay talks, nurses had agreed to three strikes over the next few months.

But late… Video, Audio

The country came to town today as farmers expressed their frustration at what they call a barrage of red tape and new taxes.

They came by tractor and ute to 50 centres, from Kaitaia to Invercargill… Video, Audio