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University NDAs prompt call for independent complaints authority
A least a dozen non-disclosure agreements over sexual harassment and bullying complaints have been imposed by New Zealand universities in the last decade.
Bad vibes: Rating political scandals by Twitter toxicity
As chaos swirled, the tweets got darker - but which day was peak bleak?
Airline stops NZ exemption visa holders from boarding
People with exemption visas to travel to New Zealand have been prevented from boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight from Cambodia after airline staff refused to accept their paperwork.
NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters' lawyer
Tens of thousands in donor's funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
Foundation donations not named on NZ First electoral return
New Zealand First has once again opted not to name any donations from the mysterious foundation bankrolling the party on its electoral return.
Car use jumps in first week of alert level 3
The number of cars on the road immediately doubled the day that Covid-19 restrictions were eased to level 3, transport data shows.
New videos show how Covid-19 slowed NZ's pulse
The visualisations down to suburb level show most people are "behaving themselves" and staying home, data analysts say. Video
Bubble-bound: Data shows most people obeying rules
Global data collected by Google shows most New Zealanders are continuing to abide by level 4 restrictions, despite an increase in lockdown breaches and convictions.
Traffic data shows NZers staying put in lockdown
Record low traffic and public transport data from the third week of lockdown shows New Zealanders are continuing to heed the message to stay home.
Covid-19 deadlier for Māori, Pasifika - modelling predicts
Covid-19 could be twice as deadly for Māori communities if the virus spreads in New Zealand - and the risk is even higher for older Māori and Pasifika, new research has found.
Delayed hospital treatment could cause deaths, post-lockdown 'mess' - doctors
Patients are staying away from NZ hospitals during the pandemic - raising fears among doctors that lives could be lost through delayed treatment.
Lockdown could eliminate Covid-19 - new NZ research
There could have been hundreds more cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand already if a lockdown had not gone ahead, new modelling shows.
How NZ's level 4 Covid-19 lockdown might end
It's the question on everyone's mind - so RNZ asked experts how and when the level 4 restrictions might be lifted.
One street: Life under lockdown
It took a pandemic for Kate Newton's Auckland street to meet their neighbours. Now they're forging a new network over fences and through text messages.
The man modelling NZ's Covid-19 spread from his kitchen table
A month ago Shaun Hendy realised the coronavirus was 'gonna be bad' and set up a team to model the spread. Here's how they are predicting what might happen.
Lockdown could buy time for a coronavirus vaccine - modelling
New modelling shows the lockdown could buy us time, but cases of Covid-19 will still peak well beyond hospital capacity as soon as it ends.
Interactive: How Covid-19 arrived in New Zealand
Use RNZ's interactive globe to see where people testing positive for the coronavirus flew from.
The first NZ Covid-19 cases: What do they show?
Two-thirds of New Zealand's Covid-19 cases so far are in older people but the patterns are still too "idiosyncratic" to draw any strong predictions from, a researcher modelling the virus says.
Stranded in Paradise: Kiwi worker chooses to stay in Marshall Islands
A Kiwi NGO worker who has chosen to strand herself in the Marshall Islands says watching the Covid-19 pandemic unfold from the unaffected Pacific nation feels surreal.
Patients worry as healthcare workers unsure of Covid-19 protocols
Care workers say a lack of support and communication from care agencies is stoking fears among elderly and unwell patients that they'll catch Covid-19 from their support workers.
Kiwis in Australia face Coronavirus unemployment with no govt help
New Zealanders in Australia who face months of unemployment or dramatically-reduced working hours because of Covid-19 may get no financial assistance.
NZ First Foundation: Rich-listers donate $100k in a week
The New Zealand First Foundation received $100,000 in just one week from two rich-listers, whose donations remained secret because the individual payments fell below the disclosure threshold.
Concerns over secret fisheries donations to NZ First Foundation
One of the country's biggest fishing companies, Talley's, and its managing director donated nearly $27,000 to the New Zealand First Foundation.
NZ First Foundation trustee was lobbying for donor
A lobbying firm run by a NZ First Foundation trustee pushed for a law change on behalf of a property development company, which then donated tens of thousands of dollars to the foundation.
NZ First racing donors revealed
The NZ First Foundation has been receiving tens of thousands of dollars from donors in the horse racing industry in payments which fall just below the $15,000.01 at which party donations are usually…