Guyon Espiner

It's Auckand's first day of level 3, step 2.

Shops are once again opening their doors but with extra pandemic measures in place.

Reporter Chen Liu was out and about, and spoke to Guyon Espiner about… Audio

A police spokesperson says officers have been asking people to sign away their social media and email passwords for police use for almost 10 years.

RNZ has revealed police are trying to take over the… Audio

A group of Taranaki school children enjoying a crash course in kiwi tracking in Te Papakura o Taranaki, Egmont National Park, have been let in on a secret.

Five pairs of the national bird released… Audio

Tensions between community leaders and Wellington bureaucrats are growing - as Covid-19 cases continue to spread.

One North Island mayor has been left off the district health board's heads up on… Audio

Lawyers are concerned a police tactic to take over the online identities of suspects and defendants is being used to target the vulnerable.

Defence lawyers alerted RNZ to a form the police are using… Audio

In central Auckland, a second-hand bookshop is dusting off a mountain of titles for customers to flip through.

Hard to Find Bookshop founder Warwick Jordan is the founder runs his shop tucked away in… Audio

It's the first day of level 3, step 2, in Auckland and shops are once again opening their doors but with extra pandemic measures in place.

Ōtara store owners are gearing up to welcome customers, but… Audio

Organisers of large events are welcoming a government scheme that would cover 90 percent of unrecoverable costs for big-ticket festivals, if they have to be cancelled or postponed due to Covid-19… Audio

A new international carbon market has been on the table since the Paris Agreement in 2015 but it has never been signed off.

Now, Negotiators at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow are working… Audio

A protest has caused traffic delays on Auckland's northern border at Te Hana.

Police say protesters have gathered at the northern side of the border and as a result State Highway 1 was blocked for a… Audio

So how are Aucklanders feeling about the latest government move?

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson, the National Party's Tamaki MP Simon O'Connor and Māori Party spokesperson John Tamihere spoke… Audio

The pandemic has stretched our nursing workforce - whether it be to the MIQ front line, to mass testing or vaccinating.

Now they have to devote resources to the thorny task of "remote support" for… Audio

Summer travellers will need to be fully vaccinated or receive a negative Covid-19 test to fly domestically with Air New Zealand from mid-December.

The change will apply to passengers 12 years or… Audio

Iwi leaders in Northland say the gates into the region should stay shut until its population is at least 95 percent vaccinated.

The northern part of Te Tai Tokerau will move back down to Alert Level… Audio

Aucklanders can expect to move out of lockdown into the traffic light system in just three weeks - but one Covid-19 modeller warns that's risky.

The Prime Minister said on Monday there is a "strong… Audio

Europe is being hit by what's being called a "fourth wave" of the pandemic - despite a successful rollout of vaccines.

Germany recorded last week record-high numbers of infections, close to 40,000… Audio

Waikato District's mayor is frustrated the region wasn't considered for a shift down in Covid-19 alert levels.

The region is currently at Alert Level 3, step 2 with restrictions to be reviewed next… Audio