Tim Brown

Waka Kotahi is advising those affected by the wintery blast to be extra careful.

In Wellington, listeners have been texting in saying there are snow flurries affecting Transmission Gully.. People in… Audio

Unprecedented early season snowfall & the return of tourists have combined for the perfect opening day to Queenstown's ski season.

Reporter, Timothy Brown, and camera operator, Nathan McKinnon… Video, Audio

A construction worker was seriously injured by an electrical shock on George Street in central Dunedin this morning.

The street is currently undergoing upgrades with contractors carrying out work in… Audio

The man who stabbed four people during a frenzied knife attack in a Dunedin supermarket has been jailed for 13 years.

Luke James Lambert was this afternoon jailed on each of four counts of attempted… Video, Audio

Aucklanders have been set free to roam the rest of Aotearoa.

Many have packed their cars and are off on a summer holiday.

And some have flown out of the supercity.

RNZ reporter Tim Brown is in… Audio

The man who stabbed four people in a central Dunedin supermarket has entered guilty pleas for the frenzied attack.

Facing four charges of attempted murder, Luke Lambert changed his pleas to guilty… Audio

The traffic light system is in place.

Queenstown is now orange.

Reporter Tim Brown spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

A short circuit on a power pole sparked the devastating fire at Lake Ōhau last year.

Fire and Emergency has just released its investigation and response reports into the fire that destroyed dozens of… Audio

Guns N Roses' southern fans are immensely frustrated to have a concert scrubbed off their calendars, with the news the band will now only perform in the North Island.

It had been due to perform in… Audio

The family at the centre of a homicide in Timaru had only left MIQ a week ago after arriving in the country from South Africa.

Three young children were found dead after police were called to a… Video, Audio

A homicide investigation is underway after three people were found dead at a Timaru house last night.

The police were called to the house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside just after 10… Audio

New Zealand is split along Covid-19 lines from level 2 to level 4.

RNZ reporters hit the streets to see what it was like. Audio

The Covid-19 split has just got deeper. Most of the country - 3.2 million - have slipped into level 2 restrictions - while 1.6 million Aucklanders continue to hunker down at level 4.

Reporters were… Audio

In Ōtepoti/Dunedin RNZ's Tim Brown reports locals are not panic buying to the extent seen further north.  Audio

The country's southernmost Covid-19 vaccine clinic has opened on Rakiura-Stewart Island.

Reporter Tim Brown is there. Audio

It's tino makariri -- very cold and the icy weather blasting up from Antarctica is causing widespread disruption. Snow flurries have forced the closure of several schools and State Highways, now… 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

The Ministry of Health is shunning calls for an inquiry into the Southern DHB's inclusion in the national bowel screening programme. Doctors, researchers and cancer-care campaigners are calling for an… Audio

A 21-year-old man has today pleaded guilty to sexual abuse at the reclusive fundamentalist Gloriavale Christian Community. 

Much of the detail has been suppressed, but our reporter Tim Brown was in… Video, Audio