Rowan Quinn

Last week many local coffee goers were in dismay when a top 50 list of coffee destinations didn't feature a single NZ brew.

But the list-makers say they were "not braced for the coffee storm that… Audio

New Zealand racing drivers were the big winners in the latest round of the Formula E championship in Germany. Jaguar's Mitch Evans won the opening race and Nick Cassidy driving for Envision Racing had… Video, Audio

Children as young as eight are using a Hamilton laundromat as a hangout to huff.

Double Bubble in Dinsdale has sent CCTV of the group crawling into industrial washing machines and inhaling deodorant… Video, Audio

A countrywide shortage of doctors means people are facing weeks-long delays to secure appointments. In the Bay of Plenty town of Kawerau, two doctors from an already-stretched workforce have recently… Audio

Neighbours of a Feilding man shot by police after a eight-hour armed stand-off have described the horrific scenes unfolding just metres away from their front doors.

Police shot the man at about 9pm… Video, Audio

With nurses pay levels similar in Australia and New Zealand why aren't more Australian nurses coming here?

It seems Australian nurses are nowhere near as keen as their Kiwi counterparts to cross the… Audio

Auckland Hospital was so busy on Monday that it had to divert ambulances to other hospitals.

And it had to open an overflow zone in a public area, normally reserved for possible mass casualty events… Audio

Whangārei Hospital managers asked for the army to help with a staffing crisis but were turned down, according to a document obtained by RNZ.

Earlier this week it was revealed that emergency… Audio

Nurses at Te Puia Springs Hospital are taking a hair-raising farm bike ride across rugged terrain to get to their shifts.

Many staff at the hospital live in nearby Tokomaru Bay, but the road is… Audio

People are still being evacuated from Piha on Auckland's west coast, with the land dangerous and unstable days after the storm.

Road and phone access is back but the seaside community is without… Audio

Fire and Emergency says it is too early to know when search teams can restart their efforts to find a firefighter trapped under a collapsed house.

Muriwai volunteer firefighters were at a house when… Audio

A volunteer firefighter is trapped inside a collapsed house in the west Auckland community of Muriwai and another is in a critical condition. 

Fire and Emergency chief executive Kerry Gregory says a… Audio

A week after Auckland's record breaking floods, authorities still have no idea how many people have now been made homeless.

Just under 650 have so far asked Auckland Emergency Management for help to… Audio

People staying at West Auckland's flood evacuation centre will be moved on tomorrow to make way for the school term.
 
St Leonards Road School in Kelston has been home to dozens of people since the… Audio

Figures show the number of people overdue for elective surgery has grown by thousands. 

A Planned Care Taskforce was formed in May to cut huge national surgical waiting lists but the situation is now… Audio

Surgical waiting lists are getting worse in some parts of the country, despite major moves by the government to try to shrink them.

A Planned Care Taskforce was set up this year to try to cut the… Audio

Doctors, nurses and midwives from around the world are jumping at the chance to apply for straight-to-residence work visas.

They'RE been able to apply for residence before they even arrive in the… Audio

Starship hospital doctors will be preparing for the life-saving heart surgery on a baby who's now under the guardianship of the High Court.

Te Whatu Ora took the case to court because the parents… Audio

The High Court has been granted temporary guardianship of a sick baby at the centre of a dispute over donor blood meaning his surgery can go ahead.

The baby's parents had wanted only blood from… Video, Audio