Life And Society

A twitter bot has been working overtime to find and combat abusive tweets aimed at female candidates in the New Zealand elections.

During the election campaign, ParityBOT picked up thousands of toxic… Audio

People in a Rotorua suburb can apply to take part in a make-or-break trial of a Covid-19 contact tracing card from Friday.

Health officials still can't say if the tracing tool will cope with real… Audio

The All Blacks are hoping to keep the Bledisloe Cup for the eighteenth year in a row this weekend.

If they win the match in Sydney on Saturday it will be the first time they've secured the trophy on… Audio

Have you ever wanted to see a man in a full firefighter's uniform run a half marathon?

Well if you're in Auckland on Sunday then this is your chance.

The Auckland Marathon will go ahead this weekend… Audio

Porirua is now the most expensive district in the country to rent a house.

That's according to the latest Trade Me Rental Price Index, which found Porirua rents climbed to a record $625 per week in… Audio

The electoral commission will release the provisional results of the two referendums voted on during the general election at 2pm on Friday.

Polling told different stories before the election.

The… Audio

A Marlborough Sounds watchdog group wants an alternative route to Tory Channel in place before the arrival of the new, larger passenger ferries in 2024.

The narrow, rocky gap which ferries ply daily… Audio

France is on high alert after three people were knifed to death in a terror attack at a church in the southern city of Nice.

The incident - at the Notre Dame Bascilica - has prompted French… Audio

A Marlborough Sounds watchdog group says it's time that Tory Channel was closed to all shipping and an alternative inter-island route put in place before the arrival of the new, larger passenger… Audio

Auckland Zoo has been open for nearly 100 years - and it's come a long, long way in that time. But should we still be looking at captive animals these days?  Audio

A memorial is being held in Auckland today to pay tribute to beloved Pacific community leader, Dr Joe Williams.  Audio

The President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects says the decision to strengthen the Wellington Central Library building is the most sustainable choice.

An engineers assessment in March last… Audio

Military analysts think Labour's victory at the general election will put some Defence Force changes and purchases on the backburner.

The former Minister of Defence, Ron Mark, was unsuccessful in… Audio

An acute shortage of vets looks set to worsen just in time for the crucial summer period.

Last month, Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi announced thirty border exemptions to help fill the skills gap.

The country's biggest bulk wine supplier has begun turning gigantic flexitanks into plastic fenceposts.

The fencepost maker who recycles the plastic says much more could be done and other importers… Audio

You've heard of Contiki, but what about Pick Tiki?

It's a new online job service dreamed up by university graduates, Emma Boase and Summer Wynyard, to get students into summer fruit picking work.

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Kaikohe locals are warily welcoming news that the town is to get a new water reservoir.

Earlier this year all of Northland was placed under mandatory water restrictions as the entire region… Audio