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That epic undersea eruption in Tonga was heard around the region - and recorded and analysed in minute detail, even from space. But a comprehensive communications wipeout cut reporters off from… Video, Audio

Nets are going on in a Hawke's Bay vineyard. Grapes are at or just past the veraison stage. In Canterbury there are large areas of grass seed crops cut waiting for warm dry weather for harvesting. Audio

Our leading sport agency is encouraging people to think out of the box and keep active despite many major events being cancelled due to Covid restrictions.

Under the red traffic light settings… Video, Audio

As Covid cases rapidly climb, just how can you minimise the risk of catching it - specially when you might be mixing and mingling over the weekend?

University of Otago infectious diseases expert… Video, Audio

The clean start of a New Year can lead to a start of a good clean for homes. Today's expert is author, journalist and editor Wendyl Nissen who has spent the past two decades promoting sustainable… Audio

Te Punaha Matatini's Michael Plank is one of the country's most respected modellers, but even he says Omicron can be a tricky virus to get one's figures around.

Professor Plank has said the peak of… Audio

This week on Lost and Found, Yadana Saw shares some unexpected gems from Robert Palmer, Aaradhna, Massive Attack and more. Today's soundtrack will keep you company whether you're on the road, at the… Video, Audio

The infamous Mount Mauler is back and busy nipping at beachgoers. But what do we know about this tricky little creature? Bug man Ruud Kleinpaste joins Jesse to discuss. Audio

Keep your ears out for a "flutey" and melancholic birdcall if you're heading for the Heaphy Track this summer. A bird recorded by three trampers on 29 December may have been made by the possibly… Video, Audio

British actress Julie Graham - star of many TV shows including The Bletchley Circle, William & Mary and Shetland - was quick to produce a drama filmed on smartphones during the UK's extended lockdown… Video, Audio, Gallery

Shearers are running behind in King Country because they haven't been able to get dry sheep and Marlborough winegrowers are keeping a close eye out for black spot and powdery mildew. Audio

Louise Upston’s been working on a victims rights member’s bill for more than a decade. After a long gestation and a troubled passage this week it suddenly raced to the finish line. Audio

As we head into the festive season and summer holidays, you may be having some tricky conversations with your friends and whanau around following public health measures. Our reporter Ella Stewart… Audio

 RNZ journalist Guyon Espiner has spent the last year making a documentary about the role of alcohol in Aotearoa. It's called Proof and it's available now on RNZ. He talks to Jesse about giving up… Audio

RNZ’s previous plan to reach younger people collapsed in early 2020 after opposition to RNZ Concert cuts - and pushback from commercial broadcasters. This week RNZ fired up Tahi - a more modest effort… Audio

Travel and insurance agents are sending a warning to book overseas travel for 2022 at your peril with the Omicron variant on the scene and travel insurance unlikely to provide cover for any extended… Audio

The Speaker is the guardian, champion and referee of parliamentary process, but he also coaches the foot soldiers in the arts of battle - individually or en masse. Audio

Business owners and managers are scrambling to do risk assessments for their workers under upcoming vaccine mandate rules.

For employers with dozens of workers, multiple locations, and staff who are… Audio

Most weeks at Parliament are reasonably predictable, this week might need a flow diagram. There's a morning sitting, a members' day and urgency. Audio

Dr Hannah Korrel tells us how to navigate potential conflict over Christmas when family gathers.  Audio

A social service provider wants Kāinga Ora to stay in its lane building houses, and leave tricky social work to the specialists.

Kāinga Ora has not evicted any tenants in the last three years, and… Audio

Parliament’s select committees have an endless menu of work, but seem to especially enjoy work that involves extra chewing. Audio

A family of winemakers in Marlborough are building an equine solution to the tricky problem of sustainably working the land. The Weaver family has run Churton Wines for decades and over the last 15… Audio, Gallery

The National Party would allow vaccinated and unvaccinated people to travel across the Auckland border once we hit 85 per cent fully vaccinated or by the 1st of December - whichever comes first… Audio

Auckland will move to level 3 step 2 restrictions on November 10.

It means from Wednesday restrictions will ease somewhat, allowing retail to open with social distancing, and groups of up to 25… Audio

Colin Powell, the first African American to hold the country's top cabinet position of secretary of state, has died at 84.

In many ways he shaped American foreign policy for decades, and for a time… Audio

A leading emergency medicine doctor wants hospitals to be able to give Covid-19 vaccines to patients when they turn up at ED.

College of Emergency Medicine head John Bonning says most aren't offering… Audio

Computer simulations of dinosaurs has yielded an accidental discovery, their tails wagged when they walked. Historically it has been accepted that the giant creatures' tails were a counterbalance… Audio

The education sector supports the new vaccine mandate, but says it is still worried about the possible impact it might yet have on staffing levels.

New Zealand Educational Institute national… Audio