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A structural engineer is warning it may be too difficult to rescue some of the earthquake survivors still trapped in Vanuatu's badly damaged buildings. Nicolas Brooke spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says this week's earthquakes will have a far greater financial impact than past tropical cyclones. Kalsakau spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

The official death toll from the earthquake in Vanuatu remains at 14 but is expected to rise as rescue teams continue searching rubble in the capital Port Villa. Audio

Liam Lawson is closer to securing a fulltime drive with Red Bull after Mexican driver Sergio Perez confirmed he's leaving the Formula 1 team. Audio

With Christmas just around the corner, toy stores are at their busiest. With so many trends floating around on social media, it's interesting to see which toys are flying off the shelves this year… Audio

A Health New Zealand incident report, obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act, reveals patient care may have been impacted in some regions when the Crowdstrike outage hit in July. Reporter… Audio

Police have backtracked on replacing their old road spikes - despite injuries and despite testing new ones that are safer. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

This Boxing Day will mark twenty years since a massive 9.0 earthquake in the Indian Ocean caused a tsunami which killed more than 220,000 people in Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Heather… Audio

The Government is offering redress of $150,000 to survivors of torture at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital. Lead Coordination Minister Erica Stanford spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Search and rescue efforts continue after Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu, followed by a 6.1 tremor on Wednesday, which killed at least 14 people and left hundreds injured. Vanuatu… Audio

New Zealand emergency workers including 34 Urban Search and Rescue workers, have been delayed in reaching Vanuatu, after a fault on the Hercules they were on resulted in it being diverted to New… Audio

Mexican driver Sergio Perez has confirmed he's leaving the Red Bull Formula 1 team. Audio

Business news for 19 December 2024. Audio

Cabinet's decision about redress for Lake Alice survivors is separate to any decisions for a future redress system for abuse in care, work on that is continuing. Keith Wiffin spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

The government has confirmed a redress payout of $150,000 dollars for survivors of Lake Alice psychiatric hospital, or survivors can choose to go through arbitration to fight for more. Survivor… Audio

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

A survivor of abuse at Lake Alice says she's grateful for the $150,000 redress offer from the government. Lake Alice survivor Robin Dandy spoke to reporter Jimmy Ellingham. Audio

Former tennis world number one, Romanian Simona Halep, whose career stalled due to a doping ban that was reduced on appeal this year, will step up her comeback at the Australian Open after receiving a… Audio

Labour's deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni talks about Labour's first year in opposition Audio

Sevens Star Stacey Waaka's had an epic year - from Paris and rugby 7s to Brisbane play league for the Broncos - she talked with Nathan Rarere Audio

RNZ's Barry Guy talks with up and coming cricketer Bella James who might well debut against Australia in Wellington today. Audio

Otago reporter Tess Brunton takes us inside one of the world's rarest whales Audio