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Weekly interview with opposition leader, Chris Hipkins; Interislander increases fuel surcharges for commercial vehicles; Calls for bipartisa...
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Weekly interview with opposition leader, Chris Hipkins; Interislander increases fuel surcharges for commercial vehicles; Calls for bipartisa...

The star-studded event is a fundraiser for the Costume Institute at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.With the latest, entertainment jou...

A long-term Wellington retailer says they've been forced online because of crippling cost increases. Wellington design and gift store Bello...

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

New Zealand has reached a tipping point for solar power. But what does that mean and how can you know whether it's worth putting panels on y...

Just days after they were rounded up off the North Island's central plateau, Kaimanawa horses are in training for their new homes and are wa...

Interislander operator KiwiRail is defending a large increase to its fuel charges for commercial vehicles.

Opposition leader, Chris Hipkins spoke to Morning Report.

Christopher Luxon will leave Singapore tonight reassured that fuel will keep flowing to New Zealand. RNZ's Political Editor Jo Moir spoke to...

More than 50 years after it started, one of the world's most ambitious and celebrated longitudinal studies is turning its focus towards agin...

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

Butter prices are back in the news again, with Burtfields & Co American butter now on some New Zealand supermarket shelves. So what does it...

A student union wants to see the winter energy payment expanded to include tertiary students, saying some are choosing between heating and e...

The Interislander has almost doubled its fuel surcharge on commercial vehicles crossing the Cook Strait due to soaring energy prices from th...

A rural doctor is calling for a bipartisan health sector workforce strategy as regional practices continue to struggle with underfunding and...

An early morning update from RNZ's business team.

Six more schools are to get upgrades, worth a total of $56 million, as part of the Government's investment in school infrastructure. Keriker...

The US military says two US-flagged vessels have passed through the Strait of Hormuz. But Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has rejected the...

The season for bull sales is nearly upon us, lambs flowing through the saleyards hit four year highs and persimmon trees are flush with frui...

An early morning sports news update with Nathan Rarere.

A coroner is examining how a 16-week-old baby suffered catastrophic head injuries in 2014. Timothy Brown reports.

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

New figures from Stats NZ show the number of marriages and civil unions in New Zealand has fallen again, down 3% in 2025 to just over 17,500...

Simeon Brown steps in for the PM for the weekly interview; Luxon arrives in Singapore to sign fuel supply deal; ACT Party reveals new immigr...

We crossed the ditch to Sydney to talk to our correspondent Emma Cropper.

A plan to transform Queenstown's hills with three gondolas, more than 1300 housing units and two predator-free sanctuaries has cleared the f...

Melbourne artist Ryan McNaught has announced he's taking his blockbuster LEGO Star Wars exhibition overseas for the first time, and it's com...

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

Money correspondent Susan Edmunds has been looking at data showing the impact of the Swedish purveyor of meatball and homewares, and spoke t...

A new survey shows retailers have had their confidence battered by the ongoing war in Iran. Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young spoke to...

Auckland FC are through to a second A-League Men's semi-final after a nailbiting win on the weekend. Auckland FC's director of football Terr...

A woman who had both legs amputated after being struck down by meningitis is demanding better care for patients, telling a Health Select Com...

Simeon Brown is in for the Prime Minister who is in Singapore. Brown spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Asthma affects around one in eight New Zealanders, with more than 600,000 people needing medication and thousands of children hospitalised e...

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.

An early morning update from RNZ's business team.

A new survey from Southern Cross Health shows New Zealanders are better at looking after their finances, than their health. Chief Executive...

The Prime Minister has arrived in Singapore where he'll sign a deal guaranteeing New Zealand's fuel supply. Otago University Associate Profe...

Teachers specialising in science, music, PE, technology and history have slammed draft curriculums for children in primary school and the fi...

The ACT party will campaign on a six-point plan to shake up immigration, including deporting serious offenders no matter how long they've be...

An early morning update from RNZ's business team.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has axed the only paid role on Aotea Great Barrier Island. Erin Johnson reports.

Advocates for people with prostate cancer want men to speak up about the need for a national screening programme. Prostate Cancer Foundation...

US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on the latest peace proposal from Iran. Toni Waterman spoke to John Campbell from Washington DC.

The latest rural news with Gianina Schwanecke.

An early morning sports news update with Nathan Rarere.

The Prime Minister says an upgrade to New Zealand's relationship with Singapore is more important than ever, as he prepares to sign a deal t...

Catch up with the latest headlines from around the world with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.