Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

The stars of New Zealand opera gathered in Whanganui last night to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city's opera school. Acclaimed Ashburton-born tenor Simon O'Neill, joined Sol3mio and Kristin… Audio

Ninety eight years of a family serving customers on Molesworth Street came to an end today, when Freeman's owners Tony and Lorraine, worked the last day in the shop they've been running for 44 years… Audio

Ngahuia Morehu is the oldest registered paddler at this year's waka ama national championship. It's also the 82-year-old's first competition, after she started learning to paddle in November last… Audio

Whanganui iwi members say a two-week trip down their beloved river helps them to heal, reconnect and put politics aside. Up to 120 people have paddled the length of the Whanganui River in the annual… Audio

Catching up on books is over summer is one of the things many adults look forward to each year. But the long summer break can have adverse consequences for children who don't pick up any books while… Audio

Only 24 doctors in the last two decades have faced disciplinary action for inappropariately prescribing drugs. An Auckland University research found that most doctors who faced disciplinary action… Audio

Starfish are helping New Zealand scientists to understand how marine life is responding to global warming. A team of marine biologists at Otago University have used 500 starfish to help them develop a… Audio

2019 is set to be another big year for the farming sector, as it continues to fight the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis. In May the government announced it would try to eradicate the disease, which… Audio

The police in Dunedin are still piecing together how a woman on a Lime Scooter came to collide with a truck in the city. A 26-year-old foreign national is in a critical condition after the crash on… Audio

The National Party says the Government owes the public an explanation following the official resignation of KiwiBuild's chief. In a statement issued on his behalf, Stephen Barclay announced he would… Audio

The Warriors coach Stephen Kearney is no longer shopping around for a replacement for star playmaker Shaun Johnson, instead he'll use one of the three young players he has in his squad. Johnson made a… Audio

Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says the deprivation suffered by Maori children links back to colonisation. He says the effects of that have historically and endemically disadvantaged them. Audio

Recent migrants are more likely to face bias, but feel safer than people who are born in New Zealand or have been here more than five years. New research from Stats NZ shows that about 26 percent of… Audio

It's been a week of water woes for the small Rangitikei town of Marton. First the townsfolk experienced foul-smelling brown water running from their taps. Some people complained on social media that… Audio

An Auckland woman has found the man who helped her when she was being stalked on Saturday morning. Charlie Tamuno was walking to her car after work when a man began following her. She reached out to… Audio

The Whanganui Ratepayer's Association is being labelled as ignorant scaremongers for saying iwi should not gain ownership of some of the city's parks and reserves. It's demanding a council referendum… Audio

A report into the death of a cruise ship worker in Dunedin in 2017 has highlighted the need for improved standards for the handling and storage of high-pressure cylinders on board the ships. Allan… Audio

Workers in the aged care sector believe staff shortages are leading to inadequate care for the elderly, according to a survey carried out by unions working in the sector. Nearly 1200 workers from the… Audio