Life And Society

And as we've done every Thursday for the last little while, we'll hear now from one of the fantastic reporters from the Local Democracy Reporting Programme. This week the LDR crew is in Auckland to do… Audio

Young American sailor Elana Connor is circumnavigating the world onboard her 10 metre yacht, raising money for children in foster care. Getting caught up in the initial Covid lockdown here forced a… Audio

Kane Williamson scooped the big prize - The Sir Richard Hadlee Medal - at the New Zealand Cricket awards in Auckland on Tuesday night.

It's the fourth time in six years the Black Caps skipper has… Audio

It was an influx of Covid-19 cases from India that led the government to temporarily ban new arrivals from that country, but nearly all of those people transited through Dubai, which remains one of… Audio

A law expert says the government's first legislative changes in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque attacks will have a significant impact.

The Counter-Terrorism Legislation… Audio

There are high hopes the scenic Taieri Gorge railway line can return to its former glory as a tourist magnet.

The Dunedin City Council voted yesterday to stave off the demise of Dunedin Railways… Audio

A new survey is aiming to find out why the number of women in the infrastructure and construction industry is so low, and what can be done to draw more in.

Those already in the jobs say it's getting… Audio

Councils are expressing intense frustration as they fear key roadbuilding projects won't make the cut. The Transport Agency has warned there is 'very limited funding' for the next three years.

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No toilets, topless calendars and comments about your appearance are just some of the things women tradies deal with every day.

They say big changes are needed if the industry wants to attract more… Audio

Polyfest, the world's largest Pasifika dance festival, returns to the stage today - after two years of cancellations.

Covid-19 saw the event canned altogether last year, and in 2019 the last day of… Audio

One of the country's most perplexing cold cases has returned to the public eye after police offered a $100,000 reward for information about the disappearance in 1992 of toddler Amber-Lee Cruickshank.

The head of a livestock export company says they've had a tip-off from China that the Government is poised to ban live cattle exports.

The government launched a review of the trade nearly two years… Audio

Police in Northland freely admit that for years they have been unlawfully using road blocks to gather intelligence.

The police watchdog has found officers illegally detained a woman and breached her… Audio

Auckland only has half the number of vaccinators it needs for the Covid-19 roll out.

The city's DHBs say they're encountering frustrating roadblocks in getting enough people approved to do the… Audio

In Germany, the trial of eleven suspected members of an extreme far-right terror group has begun today.

'Group S' are accused of plotting deadly attacks on Muslims, asylum-seekers and political… Audio

There is broad support for new counter terrorism laws in the wake of the Royal Commission into the Christchurch Mosque attacks.

The legislation introduced to the House focusses on cracking down on… Audio

Police in Northland say they were acting with the best intentions when unlawfully using road blocks to gather intelligence.

The police watchdog has found the officers illegally detained a woman and… Audio

There are fears Aotearoa could end up with a 'motel generation' as whānau struggling to afford rents are bumped across emergency accommodation providers.

Latest figures show there are more than 4,000… Audio