Lisa Owen

Incoming All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has finally named the assistants who will make up his coaching team to take over next year.

Jason Ryan will stay on and will be joined by Blues coach Leon… Video, Audio

Once a swamp, always a swamp - that's what one Kainga Ora tenant says about the home she's lived in for decades, built next to a creek in Auckland.

The house is among more than 4000 in the state… Audio

Max Rashbrooke is a senior associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and has written extensively on income inequality in New Zealand.

He talks… Video, Audio

An Inland Revenue investigation has found New Zealand's wealthiest families pay less than half the amount of tax, across all forms of income, than most other New Zealanders.

RNZ political editor Jane… Audio

Local communities around Christchurch's port are calling for urgent action to slow the spread of huge sea worms.

In some cases, Mediterranean fanworms have grown to more than half a metre long.

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The Prime Minister expects a significant announcement will be made this weekend regarding the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia.

Chris Hipkins flies to Brisbane on Saturday, ostensibly to… Audio

There are renewed concerns for the safety of New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens in West Papua as fighting between Indonesian security forces and his captors the West Papua Liberation Army intensify.

Police are expecting people to maximise Anzac day and take a long weekend - meaning the roads could be chocka, with people returning from school holidays too.

Last year 12 people died on the roads… Video, Audio

Otago University is facing the prospect of hundreds of staff redundancies in the face of a $60 million budget shortfall.

Overall student numbers are down on what the university forecast but… Video, Audio

A lack of investment in training has left Aotearoa short of telco technicians, and a long queue of people waiting to get high speed fibre installed, a union says.

Chorus, New Zealand's main provider… Video, Audio

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck says he was nervous to tell the world he was switching back to rugby league next season and calling time on his rugby experiment.

The code-hopping star has spent three years… Video, Audio

Despite the government doubling its support for retail crime some businesses say the process is flawed.

Today the government announced a $9 million boost to their crime prevention fund, bringing the… Audio

Universities New Zealand executive director, Chris Whelan, talks to Lisa Owen about the possibility of several hundred job losses at the University of Otago.

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University of Otago staff are grappling with news that several hundred people could lose their jobs there due to a $60 million budget shortfall.

The university revealed it is in a worse position than… Audio

National is hoping voters will quickly forget about its latest candidate, Stephen Jack, who resigned after being preselected.

Mr Jack was chosen to run in the seat of Taieri, near Dunedin, but his… Video, Audio

Two days after a massive blaze brought Auckland's Newmarket to a standstill and caused millions of dollars worth of damage - residents and businesses are still in the dark.

CCTV footage shows a group… Video, Audio

A small Australian town became a stargazing Mecca today, as thousands flocked there to experience a total solar eclipse.

Exmouth, a remote resort town in north Western Australia played host to 10,000… Video, Audio

The father of a teenager who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward is disappointed to learn staff had been sending warnings to hospital management about the… Audio

A decision on the future of greyhound racing has been pushed back until after the election. A move animal rights advocates say is a betrayal.

The government put greyhound racing on notice at the end… Video, Audio