Andrew Mc Rae

A Workplace Health and Safety investigation into the Whakaari White Island eruption which has killed 16 and left 26 others in hospital could take a year to complete.

On Monday afternoon, Prime… Video, Audio

Police are continuing to look for the two remaining missing people from the Whakaari / White Island eruption. 16 people are confirmed to have died from last Monday's eruption while 26 remain in… Audio

Whakaari / White Island update; Kids pension: how would it work; Call for better pay for community midwives; A decade of disruption in TV. Audio

One week after the Whaakari/White Island eruption that has claimed the lives of 16 people Whakatāne businesses are starting to feel the fallout.

The town is very reliant on what is viewed as the… Audio

Police divers are expected to continue their search today for two bodies missing since last Monday's volcanic eruption on Whakaari White Island.

The official toll from the disaster rose to 16 on… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

RNZ reporter Andrew McRae is based in Whakatane, and gives us an update on the latest news from Whakaari / White Island. Audio

The death toll after the eruption on Whakaari White Island now stands at six, after another of those rescued died overnight.

Eight people are still on the island and are presumed dead.

Nine remain… Audio

Let's go now to Whakatane where police will continue their attempts today to get a drone across to the island to assess conditions so they can recover the 8 people still missing. The death toll from… Audio

With no more survivors on Whakaari/White Island after the volcanic eruptions there yesterday, the official death toll stands at five, with a further eight still officially still listed as missing… Audio

Whakaari/White Island has erupted, leaving five people dead.

Twenty-three people were evacuated from the island on Monday afternoon and eight were left behind.

Police say there are no more signs of… Audio

Police say no survivors are expected to be found on Whakaari/White Island after yesterday afternoon's volcanic eruption.

Twenty-three people were rescued from the island off the Bay of Plenty coast -… Audio

As you've been hearing throughout the programme - Police say there are no signs of survivors on whakaari/white island and are working urgently to confirm the exact number of those who have died. 23… Audio

Some of the world's top track cyclists are in Cambridge over the next three days competing in the fourth round of the track cycling world cup.

Five-hundred riders from 44 countries are taking part… Audio

Police have shot and killed a man after a 14 hour standoff in Tauranga.

The man was holding two children hostage yesterday when police moved in and shot him.

Police say there was no other option due… Audio

Residents of a quiet Tauranga street have described hearing multiple gun shots as armed officers moved in on a man holding two young children hostage.

The police say they had no other option as fears… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Trapped, abused and afraid - the stories of disabled people in state care have had an airing at the Royal Commission.

The Commission into abuse in state based care and faith-based institutions has… Audio

A prominent Māori lawyer has told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care that colonisation is the root cause of ongoing abuse of Māori in state care.

The Royal Commission is meeting in Auckland over… Audio