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A rundown on some of the best festivals and public events to ring in 2025 - and where to catch the best fireworks displays.

From 'Where's Kate?', to an attempted assassination on Trump, and Diddy's "freak offs" - here are some of the biggest world stories from 2024.

Surf Life Saving is warning people to think about what they take to the beach on a windy day.

Looking for party bangers for your playlist? You want a fun, frisky vibe to bring in the New Year, says Music 101 host Charlotte Ryan. Video

Gisborne District Council chief scientist Murry Cave said it was disappointing the waterways have been clogged again.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says New Zealand is not responsible for a Cook Islands-registered vessel carrying Russian oil seized in Finland.

Air New Zealand's tally of their most popular in-flight viewing for the year shows their passengers want their ride comfortable, but their viewing full of thrills and spills.

A man not guilty of his wife's murder and a mother sentenced for the death of her three daughters are just some of the big cases that went through the courts this year.

New Zealand is the first country in the Commonwealth to broadcast the King's annual message.

Jazz singer Antonia Bennett has just released a holiday classics Christmas album - and If the words jazz and Bennett ring bells, you may have put two and two together.

The Hamilton teen went missing in Upper Hutt on Saturday night and was found on Monday in the hills above Totara Park.

Some New Zealand roads are notorious due to the number of fatal and serious crashes there, others because they are steep, narrow and have spectacular views but no room for driver error.

Christmas can be a hard time for many families struggling with the current cost-of-living crisis. Here's how you could help.

Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson describes his work as using "the medium of people".

The priority is for stranded citizens to return home as well as enabling visitors to leave.

A hostage situation in Blenheim that lasted nearly a day has been peacefully resolved.

Customs officers became aware of a suspicious concealment on 11 December after a routine X-ray of a container.

The roads partnership unravelled under a confidential settlement this week, meaning NZTA will now finish off what it had said was incomplete work.

Here's what the music brains of RNZ came up with for the perfect summer roadie playlist. Video

Police say they will work hard to keep people safe on the road - but road users need to play their part too.

Perhaps not surprisingly, those patients who had to wear gowns felt more "dehumanised" by the process. Audio

For years, have physicists believed the universe was expanding equally in all directions, and used the concept of "dark energy" to explain this.

The festive season is just around the corner - and there's rain on the way for many parts of New Zealand. Audio

The fear of getting concussed built and built in his mind, the former Blues captain told RNZ's Nine to Noon. Audio

From the results, it looks like New Zealand may be part of a global trend that has been dubbed the 'psychedelic renaissance'. Audio