Life And Society

The first-ever women's rugby match between two Super Rugby franchises, Blues and Chiefs, will break new ground on 1 May.

It's being touted as the first step towards a Super Women's team and programme… Audio

A New Zealander who has fought for years to adopt her nieces and nephews from Ethiopia is now facing the possibility that one will have to be left behind - unless there is Government intervention.

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Abuse survivor groups have left the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care in no doubt that they do not trust the churches to get the redress process right.

The commission heard final… Audio

Few businesses are making use of short-term absence payments designed to cover staff who can't work because they are getting a Covid-19 test, but can't work from home.

Healthcare providers and unions… Audio

Healthcare experts are worried Papua New Guinea's health system won't cope with a growing number of cases of Covid-19.

The chief executive officer at St John Ambulance Papa New Guniea, Matt Cannon… Audio

Multiple Australian states have imposed restrictions on travellers from Queensland after Brisbane entered a snap three-day lockdown.

On Monday health authorities confirmed four community cases of the… Audio

Audit New Zealand is warning councils in the Wellington region about the dangers of spending up large on their failing water infrastructure.

It is worried local contractors will not be able to… Audio

The government is being questioned over its commitment to safe drinking water.

An Official Information Act request shows a working group, that was supposed to be looking at nitrates in water, only… Audio

Palliative care experts want answers on euthanasia, saying the country is woefully unprepared to introduce assisted dying at the end of this year.

They're calling for legal advice on what to say to… Audio

Families of victims of the Pike River explosion have accepted official advice it will be unsafe and too expensive to go further into the mine.

Twenty-nine men lost their lives in the explosion in… Audio

A building expert says some in the building sector are stockpiling supplies, including timber.

Julian Leys from the Building Industry Federation says there are shortages of supplies across the… Audio

An Auckland mechanic has written to the Transport Minister warning that truckers are in revolt against an unsafe and unfair Warrant of Fitness system.

This follows engineers who certify trucks as… Audio

The giant ship blocking the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated and is now making it's way out of the canal.

The bow of the Ever Given was wrenched from the sandy bank of the canal… Audio

Travellers carrying certificates that say they do not have Covid-19 are later testing positive when they settle in to a managed isolation facility.

Yesterday the Ministry of Health reported eleven… Audio

A pizza factory has gone up in flames in Ōtautahi Christchurch overnight, gutting the building.

Romano's, on Foundry Drive, is close to a shopping and food arcade, the Tannery.

Firefighters are… Audio

Nearly a year after the death of black man George Floyd the trial of the former police officer accused of his death has begun.

Floyd was being restrained by officers in Minneapolis when Derek Chauvin… Audio

RNZ can reveal the government approved the export of military hardware to the United Arab Emirates, a key partner in Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen, in 2018 and 2019.

It included… Audio

Stacey Morrison discovers whether a virtual gastric band is as good as the actual physical one. Audio

Health officials have been asked to investigate pre-departure testing after another 11 people tested positive for the virus in managed isolation yesterday.

Reports say travellers are being offered… Audio

Nestle are reassuring New Zealanders that they do not plan to close their entire factory in South Auckland.

Last week the company told its employees that up to 45 people - or around 40 percent of the… Audio