National
Second Omicron wave likely through middle of winter
The country is heading into the middle of winter and Covid-19 cases are rising, with some health experts saying a newer variant could swamp Aotearoa in the next few weeks.
Cases of BA-5 are roughly… Audio
The Week in Detail: GIB, farm emissions, and sick leave
The Detail podcast brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Otago Museum transforms into interactive game zone
Ready Player One? Otago Museum is transforming into an interactive game zone as part of its latest exhibition.
Code Breakers celebrates video games created by New Zealand and Australian women and… Audio
Locals upset as Waipukurau SPCA to close permanently
Locals in a Hawke's Bay community are devastated and angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.
The Waipukurau SPCA will soon close its doors and it's not the only small centre facing… Video, Audio
How Chatham Islanders get a drivers licence
No traffic lights, no tarseal and an 80km/h speed limit. Driving in the Chatham Islands is as laid back as the way of life, but it still requires a licence.
And that means a trip to the mainland for… Video, Audio
Popular community garden's growth stunted by bureaucracy
It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too.
As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a… Video, Audio
Whitestone Cheese reacts to NZ-EU free trade deal
This deal mean Aotearoa's cheese industry gets a bigger nibble at the European market according to the government.
It says there will be new and improved quota access for more than 31,000 tonnes of… Video, Audio
NZ strike $1.8b free trade deal with EU
It's the $1.8 billion deal the PM says unlocks access to one of the world's biggest and lucrative markets.
But the free trade agreement signed with the EU has left the meat and dairy sectors with a… Audio
Gardening with Lynda Hallinan
Today Lynda talks about an initiative launched by the Royal Horticultural Society in the UK, calling on gardeners not to dig for victory (as in wartime vege growing) but to dig for victory against… Audio
Ardern in Brussels, NZ-EU trade deal talks at critical stage
New Zealand will learn overnight if negotiators have managed to secure a trade deal with the European Union.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Brussels early this morning, where talks have… Video, Audio
Six arrests as police clear Māhanga Bay occupation
A large police operation to clear out an established occupation at Māhanga Bay in Wellington has dragged on most of the day.
Six people have been arrested and more have been shifted out of the area.
…Petition to ban single-use plastic bottles taken to Parliament
Plastic. It's not so fantastic, according to 100,000 New Zealanders who've signed a petition urging the government to ban single-use plastic bottles.
But with about a billion of them sold in this… Audio
'Tsunami' of respiratory illness overwhelming clinics - urgent care doctor
The ongoing spread of Omicron, influenza and other winter illnesses is being described by one urgent care doctor as a "tsunami".
Health Minster Andrew Little said the health system as a whole is… Video, Audio
Country Calendar farmers caring for sheep upsetting for some
Classical musical piped into the shearing shed, white walls to better spot blood splatters and mattresses at the end of the sheep chute, on a certified carbon zero high country farm, has some people… Video, Audio
Covid-19 Minister details change to reinfection advice
The government is supplying thousands of masks to school kids and staff in a bid to curb the spread of Covid.
It has also revised its advice on testing for re-infections of the virus, as thousands of… Video, Audio
Killer of 5yo boy Malachi 'bereft of any humanity', court hears
'Bereft of any humanity ... nothing less than torture'. A judge's words as he sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for the murder of a five-year-old boy.
Malachi Subecz was beaten, starved, burnt… Audio
Midday News for 30 June 2022
Midday News for 30 June 2022
The police in Wellington have arrested six people during an operation on the Miramar Peninsula to remove occupiers who have been camping there for months.
The Prime… Audio