Guyon Espiner

Strong gales have brought down trees and powerlines in the central South Island and lower North Island overnight making driving dangerous.

Reporter Hamish Cardwell spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio

Strong gales have brought down trees and powerlines in the central South Island and lower North Island overnight making driving dangerous.

Reporter Hamish Cardwell spoke to Guyon Espiner. Audio

An All Whites legend is clear where he stands on a potential change capturing the attention of the football world.

Global governing body FIFA, via a project led by former Arsenal manager Arsene… Audio

It's a story which has gripped the entertainment industry the past few years - and now, it might be drawing to a close.

Britney Spears's father James Spears has filed to end the court conservatorship… Audio

The AOG in Auckland, like many churches right now, are on the move - moving online, that is, with zoomed services the order of the day.

Religious institutions and buildings have been a big part of… Audio

Schools outside Auckland are reopening their doors, and probably windows, on Thursday.

Wellington College is one of those welcoming back its students.

Education correspondent John Gerritsen is… Audio

Landowners in Manawatu are anxious their plots will be swept up in plans for the country's largest wastewater-to-land treatment system.

So called highly productive land is caught up in the Palmerston… Audio

Buyer beware: The runaway price of building materials is shattering the illusion of a fixed price housing project.

A shortage of materials and delivery delays are shifting the ground under home… Audio

The first group of people evacuated out of Afghanistan during the dramatic takeover by the Taliban, will be released from MIQ over the next few days.

The New Zealand Defence Force managed to get 370… Audio

A cyber-intelligence expert fears disruption to New Zealand websites is just the start of a campaign of attacks.

Websites for some government agencies and banks have been targeted over the last… Audio

It's snowing again, and skifields have been able to reopen, even if only for non-Aucklanders, and without Australians.

But they have to abide by level 2 measures.

Ruapehu's Whakapapa ski area… Audio

Home ownership is disappearing from reach for even more New Zealanders following the release of the latest housing affordability figures.

CoreLogic's biannual report shows the average property value… Audio

The escalating costs of building materials are jeopardising a first home buyer's $20,000 Kiwisaver grant.

The speed with which costs are rising is pressuring builders to invoke escalation clauses… Audio

A major freight firm expects all its employees crossing the alert level boundary with Auckland will comply with a requirement to have regular Covid-19 tests.

From tomorrow, a new law requires… Audio

Highly confidential meetings where Pharmac ranks the funding priority of potentially life saving medicines are open to its entire staff including admin workers with no medical experience.

Pharmac… Audio

RNZ is challenging a reporting ban which effectively prevents media publishing any information about the fatal police shooting of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens.

Lawyers acting for the public… Audio

A Tauranga couple have been forced to split up their family so their daughter can access treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy in Australia - treatment that Pharmac won't fund in New Zealand.

They… Audio