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When Amber Clyde started skateboarding as a 10 year old in Birkenhead, she was the only girl at the skate park. She struggled with confidence, was shy and scared to get involved, and with no classes… Video, Audio

Ron says the presidential cycle is beginning in both Democrat and Republican stables, he looks at who is in the running so far. Also uncertainty abounds about the direction of the US economy, the war… Audio

Coeliac disease is an auto-immune disorder triggered by gluten which can cause diarrhoea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue and anaemia. It affects one per cent of the world's population. Otago… Audio

Frustrated Wellington commuters are facing lengthy waits for full buses, as "mad March" hits amid a driver shortage. A hundred services have been suspended as Metlink grapples with a shortage of 120… Audio

The country's largest insurer, IAG, has been inundated with flood and cyclone claims, more in the last two months than in all of last year. IAG's brands include AMI, State Insurance and NZI. Since… Audio

Thousands of Harry Styles fans flocked to Auckland's Mount Smart stadium yesterday.. but it wasn't to see the English pop star perform. 

Fans from around the country gathered 29 hours before the… Audio

Engineers investigating the design of warehouses have found almost half are poorly designed, and there's a risk of their heavy concrete walls falling over.

Their new report, coming eight years after… Audio

More than five weeks on from the region's devastating anniversary weekend floods, a displaced West Auckland family says it has still been unable to access the city's Mayoral relief fund and funding… Audio

The Carterton District Council is flying its flag at half mast today in honour of its former mayor Georgina Beyer who died yesterday.

Her election as Mayor in 1995 and then later as an MP, attracted… Audio

Apples, according to First Up presenter Nathan Rarere, are the Toyota Corolla of fruit. Here's how to get the best mileage out of them this autumn.

Fruit and vegetable growers trying to get back on their feet after Cyclone Gabrielle say more government funding is still just a start and much more is needed.

The Government has added another $26… Audio

Wellington Water has had an urgent plea to the City Council for $10 million to carry out fixes to its dilapidated network - but was declined. 

The Council instead gave them $2.3 million in its annual… Audio

The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, and it's blaming Cyclone Gabrielle. 

It had wanted in its three-year plan to reallocate some of the money… Audio

The Green Party is urging the government to keep climate as a key priority when when it comes to transport funding.

Twenty-four hours ago Transport Minister Michael Wood was talking up putting… Audio

The Hastings community is getting tails wagging at an animal evacuation centre.

There are about 50 animals at the temporary HUHA shelter, including roughly 30 dogs.

People are coming in droves to… Audio

Adapting for climate change may not as economically costly as both supporters and opponents of decisive action have long supposed.

That's according to a new Turning Point report out today from the… Audio

Cyclone-hit farmers want more Government money in order to recover from the disaster.

The government has doubled its fund for cyclone-affected farmers and growers, with another $26 million added to… Audio

Wairoa is demanding the town not be forgotten, as it starts to grapple with tough questions about its future. 

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, the northern Hawke's Bay town remains cut off in… Audio

It's census day and the count of all the people in New Zealand is underway.

National census day has been extended by up to eight weeks for areas pummelled by the recent cyclone, but that's not the… Audio

The country's first openly transgender Mayor and MP Georgina Beyer is being remembered as a fearless fighter for rainbow rights whose love and compassion will live on forever.

She died yesterday at… Audio

New Zealand's being warned it needs to wake up to the threat of online voter manipulation in  this year's election.

Experts say the country should consider Europe's move to ban microtargeting that… Audio

The Government's hit the brakes on making emissions reductions its top transport priority, saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed everything.. 

It was planning to channel some of the money normally… Audio