New Zealand

A specially tailored housing project for Hastings is almost a year behind target.

The government promised to build 200 homes in the city by the middle of 2021 but nearly a year on, they're still 80… Audio

A new police retail crime unit is identifying and targeting some of the countries worst shoplifters who are brazenly stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of goods.

Retail NZ estimates there's… Video, Audio

Te Pāti Māori wont stand a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election due to safety concerns.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white nationalist leaflet drop… Audio

Filling up the trolley is filling plenty of people with dread at the moment, as food prices continue to rise.

Supermarkets are vying for customers with price freezes and discounts - but what's the… Video, Audio

Predator Free Wellington has brought in a four legged reinforcement to track down the last remaining ship rats on the Miramar Peninsula.

Efforts to get rid of weasels and Norway rats have been… Video, Audio

Doctors, unions and recruitment firms are getting behind the call for nurses to be part of the new fast track for residency.

Migrant nurses must be in the country for two years, before they can apply… Audio

Bromley residents suffering the ongoing smell of poo will be airing their grievances with the Christchurch mayor and councillors at a neighbourhood meeting tonight.

The local wastewater treatment… Video, Audio

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Judo is back on the schedule at the 2022 Commonwealth Games after it was dropped for the last Games in 2018.

New Zealand is sending seven judoka to Birmingham and there is a distinctly family feel… Video, Audio

New Zealand could be in for a perfect winter storm of Covid, flu and RSV.

The Director-General of Health has held a now-rare press conference, to present some winter modelling.

It suggests a second… Audio

The government has announced what it calls "the most significant increase" in funding for ministry of youth development programmes in 20 years.

The $15 million extra over four years will mean 6800… Video, Audio

A new retailer in Glen Innes says he no longer feels safe mere months after opening a business in the Auckland suburb.

It follows several smash and grabs and ram raids in the area, with some worried… Video, Audio

Te Pāti Māori wont stand a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election due to safety concerns.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white supremacist leaflet drop… Video, Audio

Australians will be casting their votes in just over a week, and if the opinion polls are to be believed, the Morrison government could be headed for a loss.

There are many independent candidates… Video, Audio

Youth-driven ram raids might seem rampant right now, but child welfare experts say locking up offending kids won't help. In the latest smash and grab, a dairy in Onehunga was hit by a stolen vehicle… Audio

The Education Minister says it's time to rebuild the devastated foreign student industry, but it needs to diversify, too.

Chris Hipkins told an international education conference he wants to see… Audio

Queenstown locals are putting up their hands - and picking up dish cloths - to help worker-starved businesses brace for a busy winter.

Over the Easter and Anzac long weekends, many Queenstown hotels… Audio

A group of Wellington City Councillors have failed in their bid for the council to oppose expansion plans for the capital's airport.

Some councillors say building a larger airport is not appropriate… Video, Audio

Both of New Zealand's major political parties have committed to the country's first three emissions budgets.

A special Parliamentary debate on the budgets - which cap New Zealand's greenhouse gas… Audio