Susie Ferguson

President Vladimir Putin says aggressive statements by the west are behind his decision to put Russia's nuclear weapons on "special alert".

The US says this signals an "unacceptable escalation".

So… Audio

A significant new trade agreement has been signed between New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It ends tariffs on 99.5 percent of all New Zealand goods entering the UK.

The government estimates it… Audio

A Ukranian in New Zealand is in a constant state of anxiety, as she waits to hear if her family in Kyiv have managed to survive another day of the Russian onslaught.

Every night, Lana Burns' family… Audio

Russia's invasion of Ukraine brings back painful memories for Olga Pushkar, who watched Russian insurgents sweep the streets of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine eight years ago.

She now lives more than… Audio

The Black Cap's second test against the Proteas is delicately balanced going into day four. South Africa were 140 for five at stumps yesterday, holding a lead of 211 runs at Hagley Oval in… Audio

Igor Titov, a Ukrainian who has been in New Zealand for the past eight years, didn't get much sleep last night.

The Wellington-based manager has been spending every available minute following what he… Audio

Council engineers have confirmed that the protesters at Parliament have plumbed toilets into the Capital's sewer system.

A plywood structure next to the portaloos at the intersection of Molesworth… Audio

Jacinda Ardern spoke to Morning Report on Monday about the High Court quashing vaccine mandates in the police and defence force.

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson was listening in.

She spoke to… Audio

Ukrainian New Zealander Olya Tolpyhina has been following events in her homeland with abject horror.

She has also been trying to maintain contact with her parents, who live about 200 kilometres from… Audio

GP's fear there will be spats over RATs.

They say demand is high for rapid antigen test and doctors may struggle to meet mistaken public expectations that the tests are already there for all to use.

The Ukraine community in Aotearoa is on edge following the Russian invasion of their homeland.

Yuriy Gladun is chair of their association's Northern region.

He's expecting a bitter conflict that… Audio

Russian forces have launched a full invasion of Ukraine - a massed assault by land, sea and air - the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

Cruise and ballistic… Audio

Pharmacies are inundated by people phoning to ask how and when they can buy a rapid antigen test, or RAT.

Many have stocks of the tests but these are earmarked for priority groups who get them for… Audio

Less doom and gloom - that's the plea from the Employers and Manufacturers Association as the country enters Phase 3 of the Omicron response.

Alan McDonald, the group's head of advocacy and strategy… Audio

Police in the United States are trying to catch an unusual suspect who's broken into more than 30 homes in Lake Tahoe, California.

The serial intruder is a large Black Bear named Hank the Tank, who… Audio

Five of the country's biggest hydroslides are being installed in Christchurch.

But it is not just the size that makes them conspicous the design, too, is pretty unique.

Otakaro development company… Audio