Stories by Ben Strang

David Boon has won a cricket club's raffle for David Boon's last Australian test shirt, but it's not what you're thinking. Audio

A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of one of New Zealand's spy agencies for years without ministers knowing.

A foreign agency ran an operation out of the New Zealand spy agency for years, and ministers were never told.

调查显示，该局对情报活动的结果一无所知。

FENZ is also planning to bring water tankers into the region if Wellington moves to level four restrictions.

Opinion - All Black fans are having to adapt to a new normal - hoping for success rather than simply expecting it, writes Ben Strang.

The Open Championship began on Thursday, marking 60 years since a then 27-year-old Bob Charles claimed the famous Claret Jug.

Auckland Council is in talks with the government about moving some roads to safer ground, the supercity's deputy mayor says. Audio

Michael Wood admits some roads may need to be abandoned as a result of climate change, and the extreme weather it will bring.

Until recently Waka Kotahi was not factoring climate change and the need for resilience into many of its transport projects.

A sizeable chunk of state housing is on flood prone land, with more builds being put on land expected to flood in the future.

Emails and communication from the day of the record-breaking January floods have been released to RNZ.

A perfect over in cricket is almost unheard of - a holy grail bowlers don't even think about searching for, it's so unlikely to happen.

Analysis - The Black Caps have shown true fighting spirit with another dramatic test win writes Ben Strang

On the day Auckland was hit by the worst flooding event in recorded history, and the city's mayor came under fire for his inaction, Wayne Brown's diary was an empty slate.

Little more than a week ago, Neil Wagner bore the brunt of England's Bazball revolution, battered in one of the most expensive bowling spells in test cricket history.

Sports Call - Don't blame Tim Southee if his winning percentage as New Zealand Test captain ends up among the worst in the team's history.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown gave two direct interviews to journalists in his first month in office, of the 108 requests made by media. Audio

The road toll has soared this year and is on par with 2018, the worst year for road deaths in recent memory. Audio

The police have quietly lowered the threshold at which speed cameras ping drivers.

A mother says the government has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying for her abusive former partner's legal claims.

Police were assaulted by someone wielding a firearm 21 times in 2021, the most ever in a single year.

A group of 91 police staff are taking a personal grievance over the way they were treated for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

Rates of injury and death caused by firearms are tracking higher than ever before, police data shows. Audio

The government does not know where the body of a New Zealand soldier killed in Ukraine is, including whether it is being held by Russians. Audio