Mani Dunlop

National says it will establish a police unit to disrupt gangs, tighten border controls to prevent drugs entering the country if its elected at the September election.

The party announced its law and… Audio

A research team hopes Māori lives will be saved with a new testing criteria for stomach cancer.

The University of Otago and Kimihauora Reseach Clinic have developed the new criteria to make it easier… Audio

The head of Forest and Bird feels genuinely hopeful about the future of Aotearoa for the first time in his life, following the launch of the government's biodiversity strategy.

It was launched by the… Audio

Charities are continuing to experience a record demand for food parcels as households struggle to make ends meet.

The Red Cross is giving out $40,000 worth of food vouchers a day to foreigners… Audio

The Minister responsible for managed Isolation, Megan Woods, has described a second attempt to enter an isolation hotel as "utterly reckless".

Police say a 33-year-old man forced his way into a… Audio

The Crusaders' historic four-year undefeated run in Christchurch came to an end last month when they were upset by the Hurricanes. But this weekend, at home against the Highlanders, they'll have a… Audio

The Public Health Association is calling for the Health Minister to urgently support a Māori Health Authority - with more power - before the election. The Health and Disability Review released in June… Audio

Hundreds of cancer cases went undiagnosed during the Covid-19 lockdown and the weeks that followed, as the health system focused on gearing up for a pandemic. A report by Te Aho o Te Kahu, the… Audio

The National Party would spend an extra $20 million over four years protecting women from gynaecological cancer including immediately introducing self-testing for the virus that is a precurser to… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's bosses are fronting up to the Waitangi Tribunal today. The tribunal's urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki, which in part seeks to find out why Māori are dispropotionately taken into… Audio

Māori doctors have joined calls for the Ministry of Health to reconsider postponing a self-swabbing cervical cancer programme, saying the delays are unacceptable.

The programme was due to be rolled… Audio

The Court of Appeal is today hearing the appeal for the man who murdered British backpacker, Grace Millane, in his CityLife apartment in 2018.

The 28-year-old strangled Ms Millane, before watching… Audio

The minister in charge of managed isolation facilities says people breaking in poses as much of a risk to public health as those breaking out.

A woman has been charged with unlawfully being on the… Audio

Two homemade explosive devices were detonated outside a Hamilton shopping mall early this morning in what police believe was an attempt to break into an ATM.

Residents told RNZ they were woken by a… Audio

Online shopping in New Zealand more than doubled during Alert Level 3, compared with the same period in 2019.

Research by New Zealand Post shows online shopping was up by 105 percent - and it's still… Audio

After a store unwittingly called itself pubic hair, a reo expert is urging people wanting to use te reo Māori to ask for the right help.

A Wellington leather store, named itself Huruhuru, thinking it… Audio

The Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, has told business leaders the city needs to find ways to stimulate the economy with closed - or largely closed - borders.

He's one of several people who've spoken at… Audio

New Zealand's unemployment rate has improved in the three months to June, falling slightly to 4 percent.

However, the underutilisation rate, which includes the unemployed and those who are employed… Audio

Midday Report host Māni Dunlop and Gussie Larkin from the bands Mermaidens and Earth Tongue join Tony Stamp to review new tunes from Taylor Swift, The Avalanches, and Phodiso. Audio