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Marae have started vaccination drive-throughs to help boost the low Māori vaccination rate. Data show proportionally fewer Māori are vaccinated than any other group. The Māori Development Minister… Audio

A new service for employers doing background checks on new staff, helps to protect new recruits' privacy. MyChecks allows a business to check all the usual types of information for assessing potential… Audio

Moves are underway at Auckland Hospital to provide more rooms can be available Covid-19 patients.

There were 32 patients in hospital across the region yesterday, 18 of them were in Middlemore, 12 at… Audio

The recent decision to delay NCEA and Scholarship exams by a fortnight has given high school students extra time to study.

But one principal says their anxiety levels are still going through the roof… Audio

Auckland businesses are screaming out for more financial support from the Government as they face an extended stint in lockdown.

The government has provided a one-off resurgence subsidy to help with… Audio

As if level 4 lockdown wasn't bad enough, some west Auckland residents have been forced to flee their homes when flood waters rushed into their houses and continued rising.

In some places the water… Video, Audio

Dietician Victoria Schonwald shares some tips to keep moving forward with eating disorder recovery in lockdown. Audio

At least 38 people in French Polynesia have died of Covid-19 over the weekend. Hospitals are full and there are calls for France to send more help. Joining me now is Walter Zweifel of RNZ Pacific Audio

Business and chemical engineering academics are transforming native Kanuka into a 'liquid smoke' startup - tasting like hangi in a bottle. The hidden flavour of Kanuka has been captured in an… Audio, Gallery

Auckland businesses will ask the Finance Minister for more financial support in a meeting this morning. As the region heads into another fornight in hard lockdown, business leaders say small and… Audio

Storms and flooding in Auckland has blindsided emergency management, with about 50 evacuations.

Since last night 140 to 180 millimetres of rain has fallen in western areas.

There have been been… Audio

Shock storms and flooding in Auckland has blindsided emergency management, with about 50 evacuations.

There's been incidents right across Auckland and the North Shore, with the bulk being in West… Audio

With the gym and team sports off the cards at the moment ... due to some kind of pandemic, or something ... many people aren't being as active as they usually are. And needless say, not all of our… Video, Audio

After flying under the radar for 25 years, student radio station bFM's expletive-laden BSA promo landed in front of the Authority. So why was the complaint not upheld?

We take a look at how businesses are gearing up fo the change in levels. Audio

Unsatisfied with select committee grilling and rejecting a virtual parliament, National and ACT will meet Labour in a parliament that's smaller than a select committee.

There are carrots and sticks to motivate someone to do something they should. And then there's the nudge. Behavioural economist Richard Thaler tells Jesse that people can be nudged in the right… Audio

Accomplished singer Sophie Morris talks about the art of singing, how your vocal chords change to match musical notes and if anyone can learn to sing.  Video, Audio

The students left rattling around in university halls are living a strange existence - isolated from family, friends, and normal life. Meanwhile, many of the students who have left their accommodation… Audio

Thousands of old lap-tops are needed to be repurposed to help bridge the digital divide, particularly for people in rural areas and children learning from home. Supply chain issues and a shortage of… Audio

Around half of pharmacies around the country have qualified vaccinators ready to administer the Covid-19 shot, but only 13 percent are actually doing the work.

Andrew Gaudin, the chief executive of… Audio

The hunt for an elusive fish in New Zealand’s disappearing kelp forests sends two marine scientists on a deep underwater dive. Video

Tough lessons in survival and strategy led Alan Chew to become a leader in innovation and philanthropy. The 66-year-old's now garnering applause for his role in helping New Zealand combat Covid-19. Audio

Nga Kohinga Whakairo o Hinemihi discuss their role in ensuring that the successful exchange of carvings is first grounded in kōrero about future aspirations for the ancestral house here and abroad. Audio

New Zealand Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis had been visiting Kabul Airport -- the only way in and out of Afghanistan at the moment -- this week, as locals and foreign nationals alike tried to… Video, Audio

People are cooking more again now that we are back in lockdown, but many of us are missing (or perhaps craving) the speciality dishes we enjoy from our favourite takeaway restaurants. Former… Audio

A previously unbroadcast interview with Sir Michael Cullen about the party caucus, how it works and his experience of it. Audio

In this first ever episode of Lost and Found, Yadana Saw discovers and revisits songs that have been playing on her home stereo during lockdown. Video, Audio

Australian actor Bryan Brown is a familiar face on our screens. Brown is adding another feather to his cap by trying his hand at crime writing. Audio

Award-winning Kiwi cartoonist Toby Morris tells Kim Hill working on his latest book Dad Man Walking was "a bit of a reprieve" from his regular gig illustrating Covid-19 explainers for the World Health… Audio, Gallery