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A new seagrass restoration project is being trialed with the hope it can then create an effective way to plant more of it around Aotearoa and help fight climate change.  Cawthron Institute lead… Audio

Could wood fibre technology be a game changer for our horticulture industry and help reduce carbon emissions? Locally grown fruit, vegetables and plants are all generally grown in compost or potting… Audio

The Cost of Living Payments being deposited into bank accounts from today are not only going to New Zealand tax payers, but also to people living overseas.

The $116 payment is meant to help people in… Audio

The Bill setting out the role and obligations of the new public media entity easily passed its first reading in Parliament this week. Members of the public can finally have their say on the plan… Audio

Dr Sam Vaknin  is an expert on the narcissism and also been clinically diagnosed as a narcissist himself, so he's got some good insights to share, and to beware of.  Dr Vaknin speaks to Jim. Audio

Parliament at night is a different vibe to Parliament during the day. Staff numbers on precinct have mostly thinned out, but it's a time when the weird and wonderful can happen. Audio

Around Taumaranui it's been time to get firewood stacked in the shed between showers. Scanning's done and lambing starts about mid August so the ewes are being moved to their set paddocks. Calving is… Audio

Meanwhile health officials hope a new private hospital will help relieve the backlog of people waiting for surgery in Hawke's Bay.

Kaweka Hospital, in Hastings, held its official opening today. The… Audio

An Australian tourist who fell into a geothermal sink hole in Rotorua is being offered help by the local tourism body.

The woman suffered serious burns yesterday, but is in a stable condition in… Audio

There's been a breakthrough in the way antenatal steroids are used to help preterm babies develop their lungs in the womb. A new study suggests using lower steroid doses will improve babies' lung… Audio

Two-hundred-and-sixty-seven families in Westport moved into temporary housing last year, after their homes were deemed uninhabitable due to flood damage.

Buller mayor Jamie Cleine says of those… Audio

Law and order restored to PNG capital after several days of election related violence; A new website is being launched to help preserve Gagana Tokelau; We talanoa with a Fijian paediatric dentist… Audio

Tokelau's first language website is set to be launched Friday local time after four years in the making. Audio

Performed by Viktoria Mullova with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Audio

We meet a new MP, Dan Rosewarne who gave hs maiden speech this week: a chance to say 'who I am, how I got to be here and what I hope to achieve'. Video, Audio

Plans to build a riverside conference centre in Whangārei are no longer dead in the water.

Last year the council refused to help pay for the Ōruku Landing project - originally pitched by private… Audio

A multi-terrace housing development in Auckland's affluent eastern suburbs has hit the skids because it does not fit the leafy single house character of the neighbourhood. Video, Audio

Granting personhood to oceans via a universal declaration of rights for oceans is seen by some as the only hope of saving them from further exploitation. Washington DC based expat Lelei LeLaulu, was… Audio

You can't be an opera singer unless you have an impressive pair of lungs - and know how to use them.

But Auckland-born soprano Christina Orjis had to get professional help to learn how to breathe… Audio

There are calls in Fiji for investigations into the Fiji government's "close association" with a Korean doomsday Christian-cult called Grace Road Church. Audio

The most extreme places in Antarctica give rise to the toughest and weirdest types of life. From creatures living a very different chemical life to ours at underwater methane seeps to the secret tools… Audio

A surge of elderly New Zealanders will require rest home care at the same time as a crisis in aged care nursing.  Audio

There's pressure on our hospitals and there's no easy fix to appease everyone.

Dunedin Hospital used 21 student nurses to fill 27 hospital aide shifts over the weekend. The move's been strongly… Audio

Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could miss out on the government's cost of living bonus as the IRD does not have their bank account details.

The first of three instalments is due on Monday for an… Audio

Today on the second half of The Panel, Wallace and panellists Catherine Robertson and Phil Taylor discuss the bill that will create NZ's first smoke free generation. Plus, they speak to our audience… Audio

The Antarctic Dry Valleys are one of the harshest places on earth. Dr. Adele Williamson from the University of Waikato is trying to find out if bacteria that live there have evolved different tools to… Audio

It's one of the great household struggles - getting a child to eat their veggies.

But new research shows that introducing a baby to only vegetables as their first solid foods - so no fruit - may help… Audio

Staffing shortages were so bad at Dunedin Hospital over the weekend, 21 students were called in from the Otago Polytechnic Nursing school to cover a total of 27 hospital aide shifts.

The students… Audio

The wild weather has been absolutely hammering the South Island and in Dunedin it's been bad enough for the Army to go on standby should its help be needed. Further north, more than 70 millimetres of… Audio