SPCA raises alarm over ‘constantly pregnant’ breeding dogs
Graeme Ford with a litter of seven puppies rescued from a backstreet breeder Photo: Matthew Theunissen The SPCA…
Green Loop: The Taranaki-based startup turning food waste into living soil
Green Loop founders Sophie Walker and Mieke Verschnoor say the the start-ups bins are replaced with clean ones…
Good Samaritans help save injured kārearea in Lake Tekapo
The Kārearea found injured on a rural highway near Lake Tekapo Photo: Supplied/DOC A kārearea is on the…
‘Exhausted’ workers in Palmerston North mental health ward facing risk of assault every day
Palmerston North Hospital’s new mental health ward, Ngā Wai Ngāro. Photo: RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham Content warning: This…
Kea conservationists appeal to local government for help to save native birds
Kea are often lured to their deaths by their taste for human food. Photo: Supplied / Massey Universities…
Targeting diabetes drugs at Māori and Pasifika is needs-based, specialist says
File image. Photo: Unsplash * This story has been updated to clarify Martin Stiles was speaking to RNZ…
Housing costs driving elderly to homelessness
Long-time Whangārei housing advocate Carol Peters. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Increasing numbers of people aged 65-plus…
‘Confused and upset’: What’s going on with the closure of Auckland’s Gypsy Tea Room?
Peter Urlich wants the Gypsy Tea Room to stay where it is. Photo: Quin Tauetau Plans to redevelop…
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies at 47 after years in a coma
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati Photo: LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest child of Thai…
Coalition clings to majority in latest Taxpayers’ Union poll
Coalition colleagues Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon and David Seymour. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii There has been no…
Afternoons for Friday 12 June 2026 Afternoons
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Space debris confirmed as source of object seen over Saipan
Residents across Saipan reported seeing a bright object streak across the sky. Photo: Supplied / Rommell Buenaflor Authorities…