‘Polyanna policy’ – is NZ’s framework for AI use in government overly optimistic?
By Deborah Te Kawa and Barbara Allen of (File photo) Photo: 123RF The New Yorker magazine’s recently published…
What exactly is the hantavirus outbreak and how worried should we be?
A passenger from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius waves aboard a military bus after being…
Letter reveals ex-Police Commissioner’s concerns over investigation into McSkimming
Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told the chair…
Trump calls Iranian response to US peace proposal ‘totally unacceptable’
File photo. US President Donald Trump. Photo: AFP / KENT NISHIMURA By Aileen Graef, Tal Shalev, CNN live…
The world is getting the best of New Zealand while we’re eating cheap imports
Butter is not the only item that has a higher price when made in New Zealand. Photo: Supplied…
First-ever stone skimming national championship to take place this month
File photo. The stone skimming competition will take place at Lake Hāwea. Photo: Harrison Fitts / Pexels New…
Friend tried to save rafting companion trapped in water
The Mohaka River in Hawke’s Bay. Photo: 123RF Volunteer fire-fighter Alex Scarrow died days before Christmas rafting the…
Fees-free university scheme ‘didn’t achieve any goals’, Christopher Luxon says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. (File photo) Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The fees-free university scheme did not achieve…
Dave Rennie’s Japan season extended as Kobe Steelers book top spot
Kobe Steelers coach Dave Rennie (L) and Ardie Savea. Photo: www.photosport.nz Incoming All Blacks coach Rennie and his…
Consumer test: Which butter tastes best?
Photo: Margaret Jaszowska for Unsplash When it comes to butter, paying more doesn’t necessarily pay off, a new…
FENZ turns down request to help US urban search and rescue teams
Emails seen by RNZ showed FENZ turned down the US State Department in March. Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi Fire…
Australians and New Zealander last to be evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius are transferred by boat to the industrial…