Life And Society

Opinion: An online campaign called Pacific Votes Count aims to encourage New Zealand's Pacific communities to recognise the importance of voting. Video

Holiday parks around the country are bucking the trend in accommodation bookings, with an increase in the number of nights booked compared with the same time last year.

Hotels, motels and… Audio

For many of us our mobile phones are now like an extension of our arms - and for some that means they follow us everywhere, even into the shower.

Wellington's Sustainability Trust says it's coming… Audio

Freshwater anglers are eagerly anticipating the start of the new trout and salmon fishing season, which begins on Thursday.

Just in time for the school holidays, people will be able to get out on the… Audio

A man who was wrongly identified as mentally disabled when just six years old, was then sent to a state institution where he was physically and sexually abused until the end of his teens.

It took… Audio

Opponents of legalising cannabis say the amount people could buy each day will make life worse for those who are already heavy users.

Those who support it say buying up to 14 grams of dried weed at a… Audio

New Zealanders overseas will be able to start voting in the general election and referendums from 30 September.

About 67,000 New Zealand voters are enrolled from an overseas address and will be able… Audio

The Labour Party is set to announce a raft of health promises today, including more than three times the money for dental care for people on low incomes.

RNZ understands the emergency grant for… Audio

A new campaign is launching in support of the cannabis referendum, with sixty New Zealanders - young and old - fronting a nationwide poster campaign.

It includes some familiar faces, like Helen… Audio

The WHO has approved emergency funding for a Covid-19 test which can produce on the spot results in 15 to 30 minutes.

Two companies are producing the rapid antigen tests which will soon be… Audio

The government says despite ramping up security at managed isolation facilities, it never anticipated people absconding via fourth floor windows.

The latest managed isolation escapee created a rope… Audio

An Auckland woman living near the Harbour Bridge is angry and shocked people were never told neighbouring land was contaminated with heavy metals from the bridge.

RNZ revealed the transport agency… Audio

The fishing season kicks off this week and some professional guides who would normally be turning clients away have no bookings at all due to the Covid-19 border closure.

The Fishing Guide… Audio

Winter's been having its last gasp for now, in the South Island these last few days with snow reaching sea level in some places, and wind chills that forecasters say felt like negative 20 degrees… Audio

This week on TradeMe - a scooter that wouldn't look out of place in a Sophia Loren movie from the 1960s - an all original 1960 Vespa 150. And it could be yours with a current bid of less than $4000… Audio

Can you date, marry, or even just be friends with someone who holds the opposite political views to you? In the US that's generally a hard 'no' - here, it's a bit different.  Audio

Wellington City Mission is creating what it's calling a social supermarket for the people it helps. Karyn catches up with Wellington City Missioner Murrary Edridge. Audio