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There will be a lot of dejected cricket fans at work today, after a crushing 172-run defeat for the Black Caps on Sunday.

The test finished just before lunch on the fourth day, with the Black Caps… Audio

An RNZ investigation has highlighted similarities between notes the associate health minister's office sent to officials, and strategies and arguments used by the tobacco industry.

The notes repeated… Audio

RNZ compared notes Associate Health Minister Casey Costello sent to officials, with a range of documents produced by the tobacco industry and its supporters. Intentional or not, there are frequent –…

The latest Outward Bound programme saw a whole cross-section of New Zealanders take part and this week we're featuring some of them on Here Now.  Audio

Artists in Tauranga recently took a creative response to comment on the City Council's Long Term Plan, which proposes steep rental increases for community groups, and a 'user pays' approach to… Audio

Yoson An’s career (Mulan, The Luminaries, Dead Lucky, Creamerie)  has been steadily on the rise and impressively, he’s played a wide range of characters. But until now he’s never been a rom-com lead.

For years news media bosses warned the creaking business model backing journalism would fail at a major local outlet. It finally happened this week when Newshub’s owners proposed scrapping it. Then… Audio

Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to shut down Newshub was met with mourning within the media - and also concern about what could replace it in the media ecosystem Audio

Martin Kwok is an Emmy award-winning sound editor, DJ and music obsessive based in Pōneke Wellington. He worked on Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary Get Back and the soundtrack to the highly… Video, Audio

Shonen Knife are an all girl Japanese band hailing from Osaka. Raised by conservative parents, singer/guitarist Naoko Yamano talks to Maggie Tweedie about the early days of sneaking her guitar out of… Video, Audio

The world-first law that would have created a smokefree generation in Aotearoa New Zealand was repealed under urgency by the coalition government on Wednesday. A tobacco control expert tells Susie… Audio

Marshall Islands reflects on 70th nuclear test anniversary, Tonga's PM urged to give up ministerial portfolios, PNG govt acts to resolve fuel shortages, Moana Pasifika and Fiji Drua meet for Super… Audio

Marshall Islands reflects on 70th nuclear test anniversary. Audio

Magazines are facing extinction by internet. Are they special enough to save?  Audio

Nights' resident film critic, Dan Slevin, reviews Denis Villeneuve's long-awaited epic Dune: Part Two (2024), Oscar-nominated comedy-drama American Fiction (2023), and (in the free streaming… Audio

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The Black Caps have had a horror start to their batting innings against Australia on day two of the first cricket Test in Wellington. Losing their first 3 wickets in just 6 balls has put the hosts on… Audio

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is digging in over his choice to collect a 52-thousand-dollar allowance to live in his own mortgage-free apartment in Wellington. 

He says he's entitled to the… Audio

The Prime Minister is digging in over his choice to claim a $52,000 optional allowance to live in his own mortgage free apartment in Wellington. Christopher Luxon says he is entitled to the payment… Audio

A final wicket stand has proved frustrating for the Black Caps early on day two of the first test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

 Bridget Tunnicliffe has sports. Audio

The Prime Minister is claiming a $52,000 accommodation supplement to cover expenses while staying in Wellington, because he has chosen not to live in Premier House.

Christopher Luxon will claim the… Audio

What is it with tall people up the front at gigs? Should morning raves replace gym sessions? Joining us this week on Best of the Fest are writers Emily Perkins and Arihia Latham, artist Suzanne Tamaki… Audio

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Mediawatch: TVNZ’s latest losses signal likely cuts to come. But it’s the slump in income for the broadcaster that dominates free-to-air TV which will worry the entire media industry.  Audio

A temporary bridge providing access to a cyclone hit community in the Hastings District has buckled. Dartmoor's temporary bridge over the Mangaone River has been closed as a safety precaution after a… Audio

Play resumes at 11 o'clock Friday morning on day two of the first cricket Test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.

At stumps on Thursday Australia were 279 for 9, thanks to an… Audio

A school leader says he's worried he won't be able to provide free school lunches for all his students next year, which he says could increase truancy at his school.

Associate education minister… Audio