Support for National, Labour dips in new political poll
Photo: RNZ Support for both major parties has dipped – while New Zealand First is up on double…
Can artificial intelligence legally be an inventor?
Stephen Thaler is seeking a patent for a new type of food container. Photo: RNZ An American computer…
In pictures: Heavy rain and wind hits Wellington region bringing down trees, flooding roads
Flooding in Norton Park Avenue in Lower Hutt. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Heavy rain and wind is…
Weather: Local farmers clear mudslide which trapped 20 vehicles
Trucks stopped in Taihape. Photo: Supplied A single bar of mobile phone coverage allowed people trapped by slips…
Prisoner with burst appendix not taken to hospital for six days
The prisoner was seen by multiple nurses in the six days she was ill before being taken to…
Youth motocross in focus as coroner orders joint inquest into four fatalities
10-year-old Jack Willson died in a motocross accident in Taupō in April 2023. Photo: Supplied The deaths of…
Boil water notice lifted in Christchurch
There have been three clear days of samples from the Rawhiti supply zone. File photo. Photo: 123rf The…
First kākāpō of this year’s breeding season hatches on Valentine’s Day
Tīwhiri’s new, one-day-old chick. Photo: Lydia Uddstrom / DOC Department of Conservation (DOC) staff are confident a kākāpō…
Man with multiple sclerosis choked to death while being fed in bed
A standing hoist was not used because of safety concerns due to Mr B’s violent swaying and involuntary…
Weather: Ashhurst residents evacuated as river threatened to breach its banks
Grace Guo and daughters Kerry and Claire had a sleepless night ahead of being evacuated from their Ashhurst…
Youth motocross in focus as coroner orders joint inquest into four fatalities
10-year-old Jack Willson died in a motocross accident in Taupō in April 2023. Photo: Supplied The deaths of…
Multiplying cells: A tale of two prisons
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A prison expansion is on such a fast track that it prompted officials…