Katie Doyle
Covid-19 vaccine certificate required wherever there's a crowd
It's the ticket to that summer festival, big bar or maybe even a wedding - the proof of vaccine you may need this summer. A pass to party. All it will cost you is two doses of the Pfizer vaccine… Audio
Vaccinations must rise before Auckland rejoins NZ - epidemiologist Rod Jackson
Aucklanders are still largely locked off from the rest of the country, and an epidemiologist wants it to stay that way unless vaccination rates rise.
Professor Rod Jackson from the University of… Audio
Police used spit hoods to restrain children
Police used spit hoods to restrain 117 children and young people between 2016 and 2020.
Some had the hoods placed on them more than once.
More than half of the occasions involved young Māori… Audio
Covid-19: Scammers offering vaccines for $100
A Christchurch man is sounding the alarm about two men pretending to be from the Ministry of Health offering Covid-19 vaccines for $100.
The Ministry says it's a scam and the police are… Audio
Midday Rural News for 16 September 2021
A plan has been hatched to solve a feral kurī or dog issue in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. Audio
Covid-19: NZ split along alert level lines
New Zealand is split along Covid-19 lines from level 2 to level 4.
RNZ reporters hit the streets to see what it was like. Audio
Covid-19: First morning of Alert Level 2 for many
The Covid-19 split has just got deeper. Most of the country - 3.2 million - have slipped into level 2 restrictions - while 1.6 million Aucklanders continue to hunker down at level 4.
Reporters were… Audio
Ōtara locals waste no time getting essentials to whānau in need
A team of South Auckland locals are wasting no time in lockdown, working daily to get food and essentials to whanau in need.
They've been out and about dropping off food, hygiene products and even… Video, Audio
Max Cryer dies aged 86
The country has lost one of its first television stars - Max Cryer died on Wednesday aged 86.
He spoke the first words on nationwide TV in 1969, and went on to produce the shows Mastermind and… Audio
Covid-19: Aucklanders arriving at testing stations at 4am
Thousands more people are expected to be tested across Auckland on Tuesday.
Reporter Katie Doyle was out at the Mangere pop up testing centre. Audio
Covid-19 testing not accessible for disabled community
There are calls for accessible covid testing for the disabled community - with many struggling to get swabbed.
One woman says she was forced to dehydrate herself so she could spend hours in line for… Audio
Aucklanders queue all day for Covid-19 tests at pop-up centres
People have been waiting for seven or eight hours in Auckland for a Covid-19 test.
The number of locations of interest has ballooned to more than a 100, meaning people are coming out from all corners… Audio
Taliban labels interpreters 'infidels', NZ considers options
The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Many in the war-experienced country are now trying to flee the insurgents. Security has fallen over at Kabul's main airport, where countless… Audio
Scathing Mediaworks review reveals, sexual assault claims, boys' club culture
A scathing independent review into Mediaworks has exposed allegations of sexual assault, bullying and a boys' club culture.
The company's chief executive, Cam Wallace, has apologised today to current… Audio
Concerns Manukau mass vaccination did not reach at-risk communities
There are concerns New Zealand's first mass vaccination event did not reach at-risk communities.
More than 15,000 people were jabbed over three days, in what's being lauded a success.
But a South… Audio
Korowai Maanaki failing at basic security - Children's Commission
There are still security problems at a youth justice residence in Auckland where two young people escaped through a window and went on the run last year.
The Office of the Children's Commissioner has… Audio
Law firm seeks judicial review of immigration decisions
An Auckland law firm is seeking a judicial review of two recent decisions made by the Minister of Immigration.
D&S Law has filed high court proceedings on behalf of University of Auckland Professor… Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 July 2021
New Zealand Hops says it's struggling to fufill its overseas orders, with some containers full of product sitting on wharves for weeks. Audio
Weather set to cause havoc around NZ
The weather's set to cause havoc across the motu today, as a polar blast sweeps through the country. Snow and ice has already closed some roads in Te Waipounamu - the South Island and huge swells are… Audio
Shakespear Park battle stoat invasion creatively
Rangers at Auckland's Shakespear Regional Park are battling a stoat invasion, which they say is taking some creativity. It began with a single female Stoat sneaking into the park, and worsened after… Audio