Conan Young

About 3000 Cantabrians short changed on the payouts they received for their quake damaged homes are a step closer to getting their money, after the settlement of a landmark class action.

After a… Audio

As daily Covid cases continue to climb in Auckland, there are rumblings of rebellion in the South Island and a call to break away.

The separatists now have some allies in high places with top… Audio

Experts warn it's probably just a matter of time before Covid-19 spreads its tentacles further and in to areas such as the South Island, which hasn't had widespread transmission for almost 18 months.

A trial date has been set for the South African mother of three charged with killing her three daughters.

40 year old Lauren Dickason, who is a medical practitioner, was excused from appearing in the… Audio

About 300 people gathered outside the Timaru home where the three South African sisters were killed a week ago yesterday.

At the candlelight vigil last night, a message was read out from the father… Audio

A study which plays down the link between cancer and nitrates in drinking water is being dismissed for failing to meet the scientific mark.

The research in question was co-sponsored by Fonterra and… Audio

The government is being accused of caving to big business by winding back protections for wetlands.

Rules, only brought in a year ago, currently stop any sort of development within 100 metres of a… Audio

As most of the country enjoys the new freedoms allowed under alert level 2, spare a thought for the hairdressers out there.

Just over three weeks of lockdown has resulted in some shaggy manes and… Video, 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

From a life in California to finding herself homeless, a woman stuck in Westport has seen a series of misadventures the past 18 months.

Covid-19 has left Pat MacLeod stranded - and has also cancelled… Audio

Phil Goff's renewed calls for Aucklanders to be given priority to the Covid-19 vaccine.

The vaccine is in hot demand and the government has admitted the current supply cannot sustain that demand.

… Video, Audio

The country finds out today whether everyone but Aucklanders will move out level four lockdown at midnight.

Many Mainlanders want to see a move straight to level two or at the very least a good… Audio

'It's life Jim, but not as we know it.' - a famous observation by Star Trek's Spock that could easily describe lockdown.

Many things we take for granted are simply not as straightforward. Often more… Audio

Those who found themselves out of town when lockdown was announced, now have until midnight tonight to get home.

The original 48-hour travel window threatened to leave hundreds stranded as they… Audio

From today, Pak n Save and New World will turn anyone away who is not wearing a mask.

Owners Foodstuffs says the rule will apply to all of its different store brands.

Masks are now compulsory for… Audio

Most of those spoken to in the South Island by RNZ last night were convinced of the need to lock down, despite the positive case being located in the North Island.

Conan Young reports. Audio

A miscalculation of how many Cantabrians are in group one of the vaccination rollout is being blamed for the DHB's stuttering progress.

Group 1 includes people working at the border or in MIQ, and… Audio

There have still been no arrests after three teenagers were stabbed at a Christchurch party, with one losing their life.

Sixteen-year-old Zion Purukamu died from his injuries while the other two… Audio

There have still been no arrests after three teenagers were stabbed at a Christchurch party, with one losing their life.

Sixteen-year-old Zion Purukamu died from his injuries while the other two… Audio