Life And Society

A new positive case of Covid-19 in the community - a person who cleans planes at Auckland Airport that arrive from red-zone countries. The employee - who was reported positive this afternoon - cleans… Audio

Sydney tourism operators are over the moon to be welcoming back New Zealanders taking advantage of the quarantine-free travel arrangement.

Our tourism reporter Tess Brunton and videographer Simon… Video, Audio

When former teen star Justine Bateman Googled her name several years ago, she was shocked to see critics talking about how old she looks. She talks to Jesse about what she did next! Audio

Kiwi musician Kimbra has been living in the US but she's getting back to her roots as a judge on the new season of the talent show Popstars. She has a catch up with Jesse. Audio

Proudly sitting on Labour's website is a list of achievements that includes its move to permanently increase main benefits by $25 a week.

But a year on from that top-up, Auckland University research… Audio

A former member of the Exclusive Brethren in Britain, is calling on the Government to strip the church of its charitable status.

Lance Christie, who was "excluded" from the church four years ago, was… Audio

After more than a year of Zoom calls and "wish you were heres" with friends and family in Australia, the trans-Tasman bubble finally opened yesterday. There were emotional scenes at airports across… Audio

This week on TradeMe - a bar in Christchurch for only one dollar, a microwave with a mind of its own and a classic Kiwi Icecream Truck - these are just three of the many hundreds of thousands of… Audio

One last thing on the bubble before we go today. Airports on both sides of the Tasman have marked quarantine free travel between Australia and New Zealand with songs, dances, drag queens and more.

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Fishing guides who've been left with little to no business post-Covid-19 say the trans-Tasman bubble has come too late to make a difference this season.

There are about 130 guides registered with the… Audio

Flights continue to arrive at Auckland Airport this evening. Checkpoint's Nick Truebridge and Nick Monro spent the day watching tearful reunions.

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Emotions ran high at airports across the country today with Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown airports welcoming their first international passenger flights in almost 400 days.

The trans-Tasman… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has hailed the opening of the new trans-Tasman travel bubble as a world-first milestone.

Speaking at her post-Cabinet press conference, Jacinda Ardern said Tourism New Zealand… Audio

For the first time in almost 400 days international tourists landed at Queenstown Airport, to tears, cheers, offers of free bungy jumps and relief that not only were friends and family reunited but… Audio

A migrant family split by the Covid-19 border closure for more than 400 days say they feel no joy about the prospect of reuniting because the separation has been so traumatic.

The government's… Audio

RNZ tourism reporter Tess Brunton and videographer Simon Rogers were on board one of the first flights from New Zealand to Australia under the new trans-Tasman travel bubble today.

Tess joins Lisa… Video, Audio

Excitement, relief and joy - that's how passengers described the feeling of boarding the first trans Tasman flight out of Auckland to Sydney under the new quarantine free bubble.

While the flight… Video, Audio

It was like scenes from Love Actually - emotions have been running high at airports in New Zealand and Australia today as the trans-Tasman travel bubble burst into action.

For the first time in a… Video, Audio

In this episode, a 23-year-old New Zealander shares her story - a poetic journey asking questions of identity, harm, and home, while revealing the realities of living as a child in the world’s refugee… Audio