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Fight For The Wild: A Landmark Documentary And Podcast Launches Today
Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:45 am | RNZ
Every year an army of introduced predators devours the eggs and chicks of some 26 million native New Zealand birds, as well as countless insects, amphibians, reptiles and plants. We currently have more than 4000 natives on the threatened species list ... More >>
Security guard with Covid-19 recorded as receiving last test in November
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 1:39 pm | RNZ
Official records show the security guard who tested positive for Covid-19 last week was last tested in November - six months ago - despite an expectation of fortnightly testing. More >>
New Zealand temporarily suspending travel from India - PM Jacinda Ardern
Thursday, 8 April 2021, 3:00 pm | RNZ
Travel into New Zealand from India - including for New Zealand citizens and residents - is being temporarily suspended because of high numbers of Covid-19 cases. More >>
RNZ Welcomes Public Media Announcement
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 12:54 pm | RNZ
Radio New Zealand Chairman, Dr. Jim Mather, has welcomed the appointment of a Governance Group to lead the next phase of work on a potential new public media entity for Aotearoa New Zealand. Minister for Broadcasting and Media, Kris Faafoi, has announced that ... More >>
Trans-Tasman travel: Date for bubble to be announced on 6 April - Ardern
Monday, 22 March 2021, 4:12 pm | RNZ
Several concerns need to be resolved before a trans-Tasman bubble can go ahead, but the government hopes on 6 April to announce a start date, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. More >>
Conversations With My Immigrant Parents Returns For A Second Season Of Inspiring And Challenging Stories
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 8:14 am | RNZ
Conversations With My Immigrant Parents is a podcast and video series where immigrant whānau have conversations they normally wouldn’t, crossing barriers of language, generation, and expectation. Co-hosts and producers Saraid de Silva and Julie Zhu ... More >>
Dairy prices surge 15 percent in global auction
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 1:03 pm | RNZ
Dairy prices have shot up to a fresh seven-year high in the latest global auction. More >>
Covid-19: Auckland Back To Alert Level Three After One New Community Case Revealed
Saturday, 27 February 2021, 9:48 pm | RNZ
Auckland will move to alert level three for a week at 6am tomorrow morning after two new Covid-19 community cases announced this evening could not be directly linked to earlier cases, the Prime Minister has confirmed. The rest of the country will ... More >>
No new community cases of Covid-19 today - Chris Hipkins
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 4:43 pm | RNZ
There are no new community cases of Covid-19 today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. More >>
No indication to change alert levels at this stage - Bloomfield
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 11:20 am | RNZ
The Director-General of Health says people who have been in contact with the latest cases need to go into lockdown, but Auckland itself does not. More >>
First-hand accounts of the Christchurch 2011 earthquake: 'I just felt I'm gonna die'
Monday, 22 February 2021, 12:16 pm | RNZ
Those who were in Christchurch on 22 February 2011 all have a story to tell. Their accounts are all fragments of the same story - the story of a broken city. More >>
Auckland to drop to alert level 2, rest of NZ to level 1, at midnight
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 4:48 pm | RNZ
Auckland and wider New Zealand will drop one level each - to levels 2 and 1 respectively - from midnight tonight, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. More >>
Covid-19 update: Three new community cases in Auckland
Sunday, 14 February 2021, 2:05 pm | RNZ
Three new community cases in a single South Auckland household have been reported today, with the Health Ministry describing them as new and active cases. More >>
NZ Wars: Stories Of Tainui Documentary And Podcast Out Now
Friday, 12 February 2021, 7:16 am | RNZ
NZ Wars: Stories of Tainui is the next compelling chapter in RNZ’s award-winning documentary project on the New Zealand Wars, released today on rnz.co.nz and accompanied by a three episode podcast presenting a wider look at the events leading up to the ... More >>
NZ Defence Force releases new rules for dealing with civilian harm
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 4:42 pm | RNZ
The Defence Force has finalised new rules on how it will deal with reports of civilian harm involving New Zealand soldiers. More >>
Two new Auckland cases test positive for Covid-19 South African variant
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 10:51 am | RNZ
Phil Goff says it would be "premature to go into lockdown now" as more information emerges about the two new Covid-19 cases that were identified last night. More >>
Outbreak of South African Covid-19 variant would need alert level move - modeller
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 12:03 pm | RNZ
NZ should be ready to move alert levels if there is an outbreak of the new South African variant, a leading modeller of the pandemic says. More >>
Video: Covid Briefing Jan 25 2020
Monday, 25 January 2021, 1:03 pm | RNZ
Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins said the woman who tested positive for the virus after leaving managed isolation had the South African variant of the coronavirus. It was assumed she caught covid while at the Pullman hotel facility in Auckland. ... More >>
Watch: Hipkins, Bloomfield give update on probable Covid-19 community case
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 4:01 pm | RNZ
Watch live: Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are holding a media conference about a probable community case in Northland. More >>
Covid-19: Health authorities investigating probable community case in Northland
Sunday, 24 January 2021, 12:51 pm | RNZ
Health authorities are investigating reports of a community case of Covid-19 in Northland. More >>
