Life And Society

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

Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was laid to rest early on Sunday morning in a dignified funeral ceremony that honoured his lifetime of service to the crown and to his wife, Queen Elizabeth the… Audio

On the Weekend Panel this morning are Penny Ashton and Mike Williams. Among other issues, they'll be looking at the arrival of the Australians, Prince Philip's funeral, the vaccine rollout, whether… Audio

Jacinda Ardern's urged people at Auckland's Polyfest to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

The Prime Minister made a surprise appearance at the Manukau Sports Dome today, which was alive with vibrant song… Audio

The annual Bangers to Bluff rally comes to a close tomorrow when the cars finally reach the deep South after having left from Auckland on April 6th. They have been raising money for multiple sclerosis… Audio

New Zealand's finest netballers return to the court for the first round of the ANZ Premiership this weekend and there are signs we could see a changing of the guard.

The Central Pulse have claimed… Audio

Hawke's Bay mayors are divided over new water reforms, despite all of them singing from the same song sheet less than six months ago.

The breakdown comes as the mayor of an isolated rural district… Audio

Getting pinged for driving while using a cell phone will soon cost motorists nearly double.

Transport Minister Michael Wood this morning announced plans to increase fines to $150 from $80 from the… Audio

A landmark deal has been agreed with Amazon for the Lord of the Rings television series currently being filmed in New Zealand.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed, provisionally granting… Audio

A pair of prominent researchers say there's little hope the reforms proposed by the Heather Simpson report will make a difference.

A paper published in the New Zealand Medical Journal this morning… Audio

The Covid-19 enforced charter flights in and out of Auckland are over and netball is returning to the regions for the fifth season of the ANZ Premiership which starts on Sunday.

Import players from… Audio

The counting is almost complete and the result of Samoa's general election should be known within the next 36 hours.

Preliminary results left the election result hanging by a thread, with both major… Audio