Life And Society

A plan for New Zealand to gradually re-open to the world was outlined by the Prime Minister yesterday. The four phase approach starts with a ramping up of the vaccine rollout, to get first doses into… Audio

Charges have been filed against Ports of Auckland over the death of one of its workers.

Maritime New Zealand has charged the port in relation to Pala'amo Kalati's death in August last year.

Ko taku… Video, Audio

Before The Bachelorette and Married at First Sight, New Zealand's OG matchmaking show was Blind Date. The TVNZ show aired in the popular pre-news slot of 5:30 pm every weeknight from 1989 to 1990 and… Video, Audio

New Zealand-based film and TV productions are searching for skilled people to perform daring acts. Audio

Wellington midwives are marching along central city streets towards parliament right now, amid a week of rolling strikes. About 1500 hospital midwives have been holding a series of eight-hour strikes… Audio

A rare portrait of Jean Batten has been uncovered after three decades in storage.

The famed New Zealand aviator made record-breaking solo flights across the world in the 1930s. She was called the… Audio

A real estate agent in Auckland is securing some unusual global attention after becoming the first patron of Rudy Giuliani's account on the celebrity video website Cameo.

The former Mayor of New York… Audio

It was the spirit of adventure that took teacher, Tony Washington and his family to Pitcairn Island. One of the most isolated communities in the world, Pitcairn is just over five-and-a-half thousand… Audio

The government is putting $24.1 million of further funding towards Māori trades and training and reducing barriers to employment for rangatahi.

Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel… Audio

Shaking hands hasn't been so popular in social distancing Covid times, but it is a widely accepted gesture that has existed for thousands of years. The handshake ritual Is deeply embedded in a range… Audio

Saving the life of a wanted man by rolling him on the ground after he caught on fire, is not something police officers expect to do on the job.

But, that's what Constable Scott Higby did a year ago… Audio

The Parole Board is frustrated inmates are being left waiting in prison for help with rehabilitation.

The board's chair, Sir Ron Young, wrote to Minister Kelvin Davis in January spelling out his… Audio

The Parole Board says the Department of Corrections is making inmates wait years for rehab programmes and psychological help.

The situation is so serious that the board's chair, Sir Ron Young, wrote… Audio

Restaurant and bar owners say a plan by the Department of Internal Affairs to publish the amount of cash taken in by pokie machines at each venue creates a public "shopping list" for thieves, and the… Audio

Ronan Yabut is asking New Zealanders to consider donating old technology to a good cause instead of throwing it away. Laptops are at the top of his list as he wants to send as many as he can back home… Audio