Life And Society

Put June 24 in your diary for next year.. it will mark the first Matariki public holiday. The arrival of the star cluster also known as Pleides or Subaru marks the start of the Maori New Year The… Audio

Ski fields are starting to open around New Zealand and in the middle of Te ika a Maui, the ski fields of Whakapapa and Turoa are ready for business, Travis Donoghue, Chief Operating Officer of Ruapehu… Audio

The Chathams islands could end up being the first place in the country to have a fully vaccinated population. Our producer Matthew Theunissen has spent much of the week there getting to know the… Audio

The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex - Princes William and Harry, have unveiled a statue of their mother, Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. It was the first time the pair had… Audio

Christchurch councillors are lining up to replace mayor Lianne Dalziel, who announced she won't run next year, this morning.

The three-term mayor is stepping down after seeing the city through a… Audio

The programme to vaccinate some of the most isolated New Zealanders kicked into fifth gear today.

A steady stream of Chatham Islanders have been making their way to the small medical centre in the… Video, Audio

Two doctors treating identical patients can give different diagnoses, two judges in the same court can give different sentences to people who have committed the same crime. Interviewers of job… Audio

Bill Cosby's sexual assault convictions have been overturned and he has walked free from a Pennsylvania prison.

Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era.

He had served two… Audio

Two percent of New Zealanders believe the March 15 mosque shootings were faked, and nine percent don't believe the Covid 19 virus is real.

Those are just two of the findings from a survey released… Audio

One woman is highlighting, literally, with spray paint, the dog poo blight that is left on Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.

Antonia Wood and and her family live in St Leonards and are regular… Video, Audio

Most New Zealanders have been exposed to misinformation and are increasingly concerned about it, according to a survey by the Classification Office. The Chief Censor says it shows the need for urgent…

With a foot of snow on the ground, it's not ideal for farming at Lammermoor Station in the Maniototo district of Central Otago, but the sub-zero temperatures are doing wonders at their distillery with… Audio

A disturbing survey released yesterday found Christchurch Girls High students are regularly being sexually harassed by their male peers. 60 percent of students who responded to the survey say they… Audio