Rachel Graham

Medical professionals are warning of more trouble ahead with the highly contagious respiratory illness, RSV.

DHBs are scrambling to treat hundreds of young patients battling the disease, as other… Audio

Oranga Tamariki is shutting up its Christchurch secure facility after a video leaked this week showing a child there being tackled, restrained and held in a headlock.

A total of 60 staff have either… Audio

The Oranga Tamariki care and protection residence in Christchurch where a young person was reportedly tackled and held in a headlock will be temporarily closed. The video posted this week on the… Audio

A movie is being planned about the March 15 terror attacks, but it's caught many in the Muslim community by surprise.

The film - which has a working title of They Are Us - will star Australian… Audio

Dangerous staffing levels which are leaving nurses fearing for their patients - this issue came up again and again at today's countrywide strike by DHB nurses.

At least 30,000 DHB nurses went on… Audio

Nurses have gone on strike, and are protesting against what they say are low pay offers that do not address major issues for the sector. Max Towle speaks to RNZ's reporters in Auckland, Hamilton… Audio

It is the end of an era this week in Christchurch, with the city's last United Video store shutting down.

The New Brighton store has operated for about 25 years and was once among more than 100… Video, Audio

Real estate agents are either dropping listings or rushing through sales following the government's housing announcement.

Any investment property bought from Saturday onwards will be subject to a tax… Audio

A civic memorial service was held at 12.30pm on the north bank of Oi Manawa, Canterbury National Earthquake Memorial. Audio

Today marks 10 years since the February earthquake claimed 185 lives.

RNZ's Christchurch reporter, Rachel Graham, was at the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial site for the official ceremony and spoke to… Audio

On Thursday's edition of Checkpoint, Christchurch man Brian Shaw told us about his terminal cancer and his desire to get his decade-long insurance claim with Vero settled before he dies.

On Friday… Video, Audio

A protest is underway outside insurance company Vero's Christchurch's office, with building owners dismayed to be still fighting for earthquake repairs 10 years on. 

The protest was organised by the… Audio

The investigation is continuing into the cause of Tuesday's fatal helicopter crash that killed a Christchurch couple and seriously injured three children. Andrew Davidson and his wife Lin Chen died in… Audio

Domestic cats in Kaikōura are laying waste to the eggs of a rare shore bird.

With only 18,000 of them remaining, the Banded Dotterel is classed as nationally vulnerable.

That status is not being… Audio

Good news for book worms with time management problems - libraries in the Selwyn District, in Canterbury, have stopped charging fines for overdue books in an effort to entice people scared off by… Audio

Christchurch's New Brighton community says they're sick of waiting for a long-promised revamp to its run-down local shopping area, and wants the council to dump the group it's given the job to.

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A man who murdered Christchurch woman Angela Blackmoore 25 years ago has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Angela Blackmore, who was 10 weeks pregnant, was stabbed 39 times in her head and neck in… Audio

First Home buyers, who are relying on their Kiwisaver funds to get into a home, are dreading the extent of the damage Covid-19 will have on their nest egg.

After three years in the scheme Kiwisaver… Audio

An Auckland mortgage broker says Covid-19 has highlighted that people need to do more to inform themselves about how their Kiwisaver accounts work, especially those wanting to withdraw the funds to… Audio