Ruth Hill

New Zealanders are putting their hands up to help settle refugees, through a new community sponsorship scheme that's on top of the Government quota.

Amnesty International is a strong supporter of the… Audio

Submissions close today on a bill to widen ACC cover for birth injuries.

However, the Green Party, doctors and injured women say its scope is too narrow and many won't get the help they need.

Ruth… Audio

New Zealand film director Jane Campion has become the first woman in the history of the Oscars to be twice nominated for best director.

Local film-makers are banking on The Power of the Dog becoming… Audio

This summer, cars and utes are pouring into a roadside stall off State Highway 1 on the Kapiti Coast. They're coming to pick up raw milk from a self-service vending machine operated by the Faith… Audio

More than 91 percent of Wellingtonians are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19 but there are still pockets of low coverage in some areas - particularly poorer neighbourhoods.

It's hoped the vaccine… Audio

It's hoped the abrupt resignation of KiwiRail's embattled chief executive Greg Miller may help avert a nationwide rail strike that threatens to derail Christmas for holidaymakers and supply chains.

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The sunny Kāpiti Coast north of Wellington is known for its laid-back lifestyle, and its mix of retirees, hippies, hipsters and tight-knit Maori communities.

However, it's this mix that may be behind… Audio

The intellectual disability care provider IHC has banned baths at all its facilities following two drownings.

Both resulted in prosecutions for IHC - the most recent resulting in a fine of over… Audio

About $200 a year - that's what it's costing NZ households in order for the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter to stay open, the Electricity Authority says.

It says New Zealanders are subsidising the… Audio

Could forcing supermarkets to charge a fixed profit margin on all goods create fairness for shoppers and suppliers alike?

That's one expert's suggestion for curbing alleged price gouging by the two… Audio

Two hundred police will be trained to the level of Armed Offenders Squad members as part of a major overhaul of the way police respond to violent offending.

The government and police bosses insist… Video, Audio

A Lower Hutt property developer and a collective of Māori-owned businesses are sacrificing millions of dollars in profit to help first home-buyers.

The Koru Kainga project started in 2018 as a… Audio

More than 100 nurses and doctors from around the country are on stand by to help out in Auckland as the Delta outbreak continues to pile the pressure on the region's hospitals.

However, clinicians… Audio

Patients at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health unit say their ward is understaffed, overcrowded and putting people in danger.

One woman is speaking out after suffering a violent and unprovoked… Audio

The head of a Māori health provider in Lower Hutt fears vaccine hesitancy among tāngata whenua is leaving the community vulnerable in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak.

Capital and Coast District… Audio

There are just hours left for New Zealanders in Australia to get home if they want to avoid spending two weeks in managed isolation - and pay for it.

While travel agents report a frantic few days… Audio

Run-down and downright dangerous - that's how children and staff describe Oranga Tamariki's Epuni care and protection residence. This follows yesterday's announcement that a similar facility in… Audio

Two percent of New Zealanders believe the March 15 mosque shootings were faked, and nine percent don't believe the Covid 19 virus is real.

Those are just two of the findings from a survey released… Audio

There are a number of locations of interest in Wellington from the weekend. RNZ reporter Ruth Hill tells Sarah Robson what those places are. Audio