Nita Blake Persen

Rhianne Tarau is gearing up for her biggest year yet - she is heading to the United States in July for space camp, the next step in achieving her goal of being the first Māori woman to head into… Video, Audio

It's on our passports, cash, signs, and it's in our anthem. But when it comes to the official name of this country, we're just plain old New Zealand. Danny Tahau Jobe has launched a petition to change… Video, Audio

Insight - Summer listening. A few of your favourite Insight programmes from 2018 including; the babies damaged by alcohol, the rise of loneliness, banning mobile phones in classrooms and should Te Reo… Audio

More than 150 families or individuals are relying on emergency accommodation for a roof over their heads on any given day - Ngawai Cole is among those facing Christmas in a motel. Video, Audio

The security bill to protect Department of Conservation staff from death threats and abuse has reached $1 million, but DOC says even that doesn't reflect the full cost of what they're dealing with… Audio

Touch games have been cancelled at Mountford Park tonight, as a mark of respect for a four-year-old girl who died in an incident with a rugby scrum machine. Video, Audio

An anti-1080 float that featured a coffin emblazoned with pictures of native New Zealand birds won a top entry award in the Taupō Christmas Parade. Audio

The 2018 Child Poverty Monitor report has found between 161,000 and 188,000 children are living in households with moderate to severe food insecurity, while 10 percent of low income households go… Video, Audio

A consultant who's been supervising NZTA inspectors for more than a decade says she completely stands by their work practices - but those further up in the agency haven't been listening to their… Video, Audio

An Auckland teenager was left shaking and terrified after lightning struck just metres from her bedroom window during a massive storm that rolled through Auckland this morning. Amy Buncuga lives in… Audio

A Malaysian woman who is disgusted at the amount of New Zealand plastic being sent to her country for so-called 'recycling' has arrived in Auckland to try and stop it at the source. RNZ revealed in… Video, Audio

The grandmother of Bernard Alefaio, an Auckland boy who died from meningitis, says the free, targeted immunisation programme being rolled-out in Northland doesn't go nearly far enough. Video, Audio

Two Auckland women have locked horns over the fate of a sickly goat, who was picked up from a roadside paddock amid concerns he was on death's door. Video, Audio

Dargaville locals given vouchers to get a free warrant after a local garage lost its licence aren't too concerned about getting their cars re-checked, while the garage owner struggles to come to terms… Video, Audio

Jandals, plastic bags and bottles were among the 6kg of plastic that was pulled from the stomach of a dead whale that washed-up off Indonesia - and plastic pollution is ending up in the guts of New… Video, Audio

A Whanganui farm has pulled the plug on its pick-your-own berry service after visitors took more than $600 worth of strawberries in one day. Video, Audio

It began as an easy way to feed hungry children in Auckland, but now the pātaka kai movement can be found in neighourhoods across New Zealand. Nita Blake-Persen reports. Video, Audio

Poor pay, ballooning class sizes and increasingly challenging working conditions have pushed primary school teachers to breaking point. Reporter Nita Blake-Persen and cameraman Nick Monro visited a… Video, Audio