Australia
White Ferns outclassed in ODI opener
Australia have cruised to a six-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening one-day international in Mount Maunganui, extending their winning streak to 22 and setting a new world record in the process.
Banaba grateful for second desalination unit from Kiribati capital
The western Kiribati island of Banaba is delighted that a second desalination unit is about to be brought into operation.
Australian academics back NZ on deportation policy
An Australian professor says Australia's deportation policy is risking serious and lasting damage to its relationship with New Zealand, Ian Coyle is an adjunct professor in law and psychology at La… Audio
Brisbane Covid outbreak, Cabinet reshuffle shifts women up
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the latest Covid outbreak in Brisbane which may have spread to northern New South Wales after a nurse and her sister attended a… Audio
Australian MP Anne Webster raises harassment complaint
Australia's federal government has been rocked by yet another harassment claim as scrutiny over Parliament's workplace culture continues.
‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”
A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out… Audio
‘Trashy’ TV report from Australia “an error”
A news report showing restrained 501-ers being herded onto a repatriation flight while being harassed by an Aussie TV reporter raised hackles here because an Australian minister called it “taking out…
AudioFlooded Farms
New South Wales farmer Graham Forbes says stock have died and lots of milk has had to be spilled because of widespread flooding near his farm at Gloucester. Audio
Flooded Farms
New South Wales farmer Graham Forbes says stock have died and lots of milk has had to be spilled because of widespread flooding near his farm at Gloucester.
AudioAt least 27 NZers holidayed in Australia over summer
Some New Zealanders have not waited for an Australian travel bubble before taking holidays across the ditch - with about 27 people heading there and back over Christmas and New Year.
They are among… Audio
NSW flood risk remains, PM forced to apologise to media giant
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at the situation in New South Wales, where 40,000 people have been affected by evacuation orders forced by flooding and where a risk of landslips remains… Audio
Emotional Scott Morrison promises he is listening to women
Fighting back tears, the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised he is listening to women.
In an extraordinary media conference today, he called for urgent change following recent… Audio
Trans-Tasman travel complex but essential - Aus tourism leader
Trans-Tasman quarantine-free travel is essential, even if it might be complicated, the Australian Tourism Industry council says.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that… Video, Audio
Rush on Aussie travel expected if trans-Tasman bubble opens
Travel agents are expecting a surge in demand for overseas trips if the government opens up a two-way travel bubble with Australia.
Are vitamin manufacturers unfairly marketing to older people?
According to new research, almost 75 percent of healthy Australians aged over 70 years use complementary medicines, either daily or occasionally. But how necessary are these supplementary medicines… Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
NZ-AUS travel: What happens if another Covid-19 outbreak?
The prospect of being able to leave the country for a holiday in Australia raises the question about what happens if either country has an outbreak, and the borders snap shut.
So where does that… Audio
NZ-AUS quarantine-free travel expected by end of April
New Zealanders and Australians could be winging their way over the Tasman for quarantine free visits by the end of next month.
Since Australia pulled out of trans-Tasman bubble talks in February… Audio
Women's rally puts pressure on Australia government
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the rallies held around the country against sexual assault, discrimination and harassment of women and what impact recent… Audio
'Egg Boy' Will Connolly on two years since Fraser Anning crack
Two years after cracking an egg on the bald head of an Aussie politician who made anti-Muslim statements on the same day as the Christchurch mosque attacks, the teenager known as 'Egg Boy' is… Video, Audio
