Jordan Bond
Greenpeace lashes out at dairy industry over emissions
Greenpeace says despite all the promises the dairy industry makes about cleaning up their act, emissions continue to rise.
Stats NZ figures show greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farms increased… Audio
Coal by the shipload - why NZ is nowhere near 100 percent clean
How can New Zealand be importing massive amounts of coal when we are supposedly on a journey towards 100 percent renewable energy? The answers are complex. Audio
Coal by the shipload - why NZ is nowhere near 100 percent clean
How can New Zealand be importing massive amounts of coal when we are supposedly on a journey towards 100 percent renewable energy? The answers are complex.
AudioDesert Road shallow grave trial begins
The trial of two men accused over the mysterious death and entombment of an underworld drug figure has started in Auckland.
The remains of Wang Baochang, known as Ricky Wang, were found set in… Audio
Severe weather warning for West Coast
The West Coast is expecting a torrent of rain over the next 24 hours - with MetService issuing a rare 'red warning' for the region. There's a warning of flooding and risks of slips from central… Audio
Penrose incident - witnesses say man shot at police, stole cars
Two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after an incident in the suburb of Penrose in Auckland. RNZ's reporter Jordan Bond is at the scene and tells Māni Dunlop that… Audio
Police release update on Hamilton shooting
Police have released more information about the shooting of an armed man dead in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest on Wednesday night.
Reporter Jordan Bond spoke to Philippa Tolley. Audio
Man dead after police shooting in Hamilton
Police shot an armed man dead in the Hamilton suburb of Hillcrest last night.
The shooting occurred when officers visited an Odonoghue Street address, looking for a person in relation to firearms… Audio
Dirty coal imports top a million tonnes
In the same year that the government declared a climate emergency, imports of dirty coal from Indonesia topped a million tonnes.
That's only the second time it's happened in two decades.
Imports of… Audio
NZ imports five times more coal than usual in last 5 years
RNZ is revealing that New Zealand has imported five times as much coal as usual in the last five years from Indonesia, including more than a million tonnes last year. That's only the second time the… Audio
Tech-savvy Kiwi helping people find MIQ spots
Working for free, one man is plugging away at his computer for 16 hours a day just to help people secure an MIQ hotel room.
He's offering his tech skills at no cost because he says the booking system… Audio
MIQ booking system hacked by programming code users
Tech savvy New Zealanders are effectively locking others out of MIQ booking systems by using a computer programming code to snap up available spots within seconds.
One man who admits to using the… Audio
Covid-19: Ship agent confident mariners followed protocols
Two fishermen, who were transported from Auckland to New Plymouth and are now aboard a fishing vessel off the Taranaki coast, have tested positive for Covid-19.
The infected men are part of a group… Audio
Australian ad campaign aims to poach Kiwi nurses
An Australian state is trying to lure New Zealand nurses across the ditch with a big ad campaign.
The Queensland Government has taken out half page ads in the New Zealand Herald in the past few days… Audio
'Night and day' difference working in Australia over NZ - Nurse
A New Zealand nurse living in Australia says working there is streets ahead of working in New Zealand.
Jess Purcell has worked as a nurse in three Australian states and says there is a night and day… Audio
Trans-tasman bubble: Millions of Aussies able to visit again
Nearly nine million Australians are now able to travel to New Zealand quarantine-free again, with the partial lifting of the nationwide suspension on the travel bubble.
As of this morning, those in… Audio
Covid-19: EMA happy to see bubble partially reopen
The Australia-NZ bubble is set to partially reopen on Monday, with quarantine-free travel allowed from three states - Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania - and the ACT.
Brett O'Riley, the CEO of… Audio
Covid-19: Trapped Kiwis share how trans-Tasman bubble pause affected them
Relatives unable to mourn the deaths of family members and parents split from children are just two examples of the heartache brought on by the pause of the Trans-Tasman bubble.
With rising case… Audio
Covid-19: New Zealanders in Darwin describe panic before lockdown
New Zealanders in Darwin describe the city as panicked after being thrown into a lockdown with just hours' notice - having previously barely been disrupted by Covid-19.
Australia is grappling with… Audio
Covid-19: Darwin restrictions unprecendented, Kiwi says
Australia's learning how hard it is to put the genie back in the bottle, as New South Wales' delta Covid variant marches beyond that state's borders.
Five states now have active community cases with… Audio