Oil shocks hit the economy as Air New Zealand cancels flights and Heinz shuts factories, so what happens next?; We speak to a Heinz factory worker whose job with the company is now uncertain; The ...

The Coroner is calling for urgent psychological support for long term prisoners before and after release, after a former prisoner who served nearly 30 years for murder died by suicide on his release.

Nearly 10 years after he was jailed for running a large national ring, Joshua Townshend stood before a judge again. He spoke with RNZ about his latest offending.

The triennium plan - the first by the council in nearly a decade - was adopted by majority vote on Thursday, 15 votes to three.

When a natural disaster strikes and the relevant council deems a building unsafe, those buildings often sit dormant for a long time, and in many cases, later get completely demolished. But is that the ...

The speculation surrounding his All Blacks appointment became so overwhelming, Fa'alogo Tana Umaga had to turn off his phone. On Wednesday afternoon, rumours spread rapidly that Umaga was set to be ...

MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says the court has "brought justice to Te Tai Tokerau voters" when he ruled her expulsion from Te ...

Parliament pushed back it's business on Thursday to begin with an hour of debate over how far to go in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

In 1950s, two pilots from the Royal New Zealand Air Force joined Australian ranks to fly jets in the Korean War. The 27 of July marks the 70th anniversary of the war's Armistice. Audio ...

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A 46-year-old man accused of murdering and dismembering a Canterbury father of three has been found guilty. Michael Scott ...

The Blues want a bigger slice of Auckland's sporting crowd - and the club's new chief executive believes they can close the ...