Summer Report

For more than three decades, children , parents and grand-parents in Whangarei have been learning to play orchestral music together - through an organisation that's thought to be unique in New… Read more Audio

One of New Zealand's most beautiful lizards may be on the comeback after years of pest attack and international poaching. Audio

House prices have been climbing this year, particularly in the Auckland market where the median price keeps surging. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

Staying with the New Years honours, and Film-maker Geoff Murphy has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to film. Audio

The New Years Honours list out this morning has four new Knights and two Dames. Audio

Mental health advocates are concerned about the growing number of paitents recieving electro-convulsive therapy without giving consent. Audio

Lynn Freeman continues her series on Stewart Island/Rakiura, this time joining DoC trappers, Josephine Sheppard Anthony Hobern as they headed out by boat to the trap site. Audio

The Chatham Islands have no cellphone network, but 2014 could be the year when it's green lit. Audio

More than 25 people are dead after two separate bomb blasts in the southern Russian city of Volgograd. Audio

For her services to fashion and the community Trelise Cooper has been made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Audio

A survey of Emergency Departments across New Zealand and Australia has found that almost 20 percent of people were there because of harmful drinking. Audio