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Last week a UNICEF Report showed New Zealand ranked poorly for its performance in terms of children's wellbeing. Research NZ gauged the level of concern the public has with some of the key wellbeing… Audio

Ahead of the 2020 General Election, National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Labour's health spokesperson Chris Hipkins debate the main parties' health policies. Video, Audio

New Zealand is powering on towards a digital future, in the face of a new report that reveals unexpectedly high numbers of people who don't have access to internet services.  Audio

 Harvard public health professor Dr David R Williams says chronic stress suffered by Black Americans from living in a constant state of vigilance accounts for striking health inequalities Video, Audio

The use of acronyms in scientific publications has spread life wildfire over the last 70 years, according to a study just published in the scientific journal eLife. Study co-author Professor Adrian… Audio

A Taranaki couple are vowing to fight to the bitter end to stay in their home which is in the path of the province's biggest roading project in generations.

Tony Pascoe has lived his entire life in… Video, Audio

Fiordland is facing up to 40 percent unemployment with many tourism business saying they're unsure about their future.

This year the region has been hit by severe flooding that cut access to Milford… Video, Audio

“It’s a mixture of relief and I guess exhaustion, and disappointment and also hope.” Clare Curran is leaving politics, she talks bear pits, the media, Dunedin, mental health and tartan noir.  Audio

It's been a tough time for the British royal family of late. However, there is a ray of light in the form of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who is being tipped to steady the royal ship. Author Christina… Audio

The year’s half gone, but Parliament is just about done. Done what, you ask? We consider how much and what the 52nd Parliament has achieved. Audio

About 200 human rights workers in the Pacific have called for more research into how climate change is affecting people's human rights.  Audio

Maria Iatrou is the President of the Union Road Traders Association- a shopping strip in the Melbourne suburb of Ascot Vale. She also runs the Espresso 155 Cafe which seats 100 patrons. Part of Union… Video, Audio

All passengers flying into New Zealand on the national carrier will be strongly encouraged to wear masks for their journey, as a further step to protect the border.

The Government will spend $150… Audio

Underworld investigator Misha Glenny says the Covid-19 pandemic is going to change the nature of the drug-dealing business, working against the big organised crime cartels who traditionally control… Audio

Canterbury Museum hopes to persuade the government that its proposed 200-million-dollar redevelopment should be treated as a shovel-ready project to help stimulate the post-Covid-19 economy. The… Audio

Governments are often borrowing money but how does the process work? The House speaks to the Government's lead financial and economic advisor, the Treasury to find out Audio

Duncan Bates founded Akaroa Salmon with his father Tom three decades ago, with an experimental licence from the Akaroa County Council. It was an experiment that paid off. The initial pens full of… Audio, Gallery

Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran has told Checkpoint refunding all customers for cancelled flights would ground the airline for good.

The national carrier is losing $5 million a day and is… Video, Audio

Disestablishing the Epidemic Response Committee has been added to the Government's to do list so The House takes a look back at how and why the Committee was set up. Audio

War correspondent Toby Muse spent 15 years living in Colombia and gained an unprecedented level of access to the local drug cartels. His new book, Kilo, traces the life cycle of a kilogram of cocaine.

News media representatives set out the crisis their industry faces to Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee on Wednesday before the government finalises a package of measures to help them survive… Audio

A review has been ordered into aged care after the Rosewood Rest Home became New Zealand's deadliest cluster.

Six of the nine people who have died in New Zealand from coronavirus have been residents… Video, Audio

Historian Timothy Brook in The Great State: China and the World says China has been engaged in a debate how it relates to other nations for centuries.

Two Cents Worth answers two listeners’ questions around how Covid-19 might change the world. Audio

National’s Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi was New Zealand’s first Indian and Sikh MP. He reflects on his 12 years in Parliament. Audio

National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach Audio

Community newspaper and magazine publishers say a sudden move to stop them delivering print editions during the Covid-19 lockdown will leave many of New Zealand’s poorer and more vulnerable people… Audio

In 1860, the shots fired sparked decades—arguably generations—of conflict. RNZ's Tim Watkin looks at what sparked the conflict and his ancestors' arrival in the midst of these tensions. Audio

Margie Bale is one of Australia's leading camel vets. She is based out of Brisbane but travels all over the country doing everything from pregnancy testing and ultrasounds of pregnant camels, to… Audio, Gallery

There's been a huge upswing in subscription businesses across the world and in New Zealand.

Peter Griffin looks at what that means for consumers and the economy. Audio