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LynnMall attack: Skepticism over inquiry
With terror laws set to be updated this month, there's skepticism over the call to review agency actions leading up to the LynnMall knife attack.
Police, Corrections and intelligence services are to… Audio
Thomas Phillips search: Otorohanga Mayor on missing family
The search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children who are missing on the isolated part of west coast of the North Island.
The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at… Audio
Thomas Phillips: Search still on for missing family
The mystery is deepening as the search continues today for Thomas Phillips and his three young children.
The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at Kiritehere Beach in the King country on… Audio
Triple homicide in Timaru
There has been a triple homicide in Timaru.
Three bodies have been found in a house, another person is in hospital.
Emergency services arrived at the house just after 10pm to find the bodies of the… Audio
Consumer NZ complains to Commerce Commission about retirement villages
A consumer watchdog says many retirement villages promise that resthome-level care will be available to residents when they need it, but fail to deliver when that happens.
Consumer NZ says it's now… Audio
Thomas Phillips: Rescue boats join search for missing family
A team of surf lifesavers and a fleet of rescue boats are today joining the search for Thomas Phillips and his three young children.
The family's abandoned ute was found in the surf at Kiritehere… Audio
Thomas Phillips search: Surf Lifesaving on how water search works
Twenty surf lifesavers and a fleet of inflatable rescue boats are spending Thursday searching the Waikato coast for a King Country man missing with his three children.
Thomas Phillips' ute was found… Audio
Voting opens for Penguin of the Year
Competition is heating up to find out who will take the feathered crown as voting opens for the National Aquarium's Penguin of the Year.
Three kororā finalists will be announced on Thursday next… Audio
Bad weather impacting search for missing family
The search for a family missing around the King Country coastal area today is being impacted by bad weather.
Thomas Phillips and his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember were last seen at the weekend.
…Christchurch brewer wins at World Beer Awards
Christchurch-based Cassels brewery has had a win for the third year in a row at the World Beer Awards.
The craft brewery took first place in the American Pale Ale section at the awards in London… Audio
Judith Collins standing by Siouxsie Wiles comments
National Party leader Judith Collins stands by her calling microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles a hypocrite.
Wiles, who was named New Zealand of the Year for her work advising the NZ public on Covid-19, was… Audio
Missing Waikato man well known in area - Otorohanga Mayor
Otorohanga District mayor Max Baxter says Thomas Phillips knows the area very well where he was last seen with his children.
Baxter says he's concerned that Phillips left his ute at nearby Kiritehere… Audio
Thomas Phillips: Family hopes he has hidden in the bush
A relative of a man missing on the Waikato west coast along with three young children says his family is hopeful he is hiding in the bush somewhere.
Thirty-four-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three… Audio
Search on for missing family on Waikato west coast
The search for a missing family along a remote Waikato west coast beach is resuming.
34-year-old Thomas Phillips and his three young children were last seen at Marokopa on Saturday evening.
The… Audio
Major search in Waikato for missing father and children
A major search is on at a remote and rugged settlement on the west coast of the North Island for a man and his three children.
Police say they have serious concerns for Ōtorohanga man Thomas… Audio
LynnMall attack: Terrorist tried to give up residency in 2018
The terrorist who stabbed shoppers at an Auckland supermarket tried to give up his New Zealand residence three years ago.
Former immigration minister Michael Woodhouse says it was another missed… Audio
Covid-19: Skifields reopen at alert level 2
It's snowing again, and skifields have been able to reopen, even if only for non-Aucklanders, and without Australians.
But they have to abide by level 2 measures.
Ruapehu's Whakapapa ski area… 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
NZ divided by home-ownership
Rampant house price growth is dividing the country into two New Zealands: those who own homes and those who don't. That's according to new research from Consumer NZ, which found three out of five… Audio