Sam Olley
White Cross clinics closing intermittently amid staffing gaps
New Zealand's largest privately-owned healthcare group is having to intermittently close its urgent care and general practice clinics in Auckland, due to staff shortages.
Tāmaki Health runs the White… Audio
Junk food logos on kids' sport uniforms may soon disappear
Junk food logos on team tops - and burgers and chips for player of the day.
These norms of kids' sport may soon be over, under drafted new rules from the Advertising Standards Authority.
Sam Olley… Audio
Dismal kūmara harvest cutting back work in Kaipara
Kūmara packers have had their working hours slashed because this year's crop was ravaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Pack house bosses say they are doing their best to keep staff on for next year's season.
…Around the motu: Sam Olley in Te Tai Tokerau
One of the biggest news stories emerging in Northland over the past week has been a series of extremely divisive talks held opposing co-governance. At one of the meetings in Dargaville, police had to… Audio
Police involved after arguments outside Dargaville meeting
Police had to break up arguments and ask people to leave when protesters turned up at a Dargaville meeting organised by opponents of co-governance.
Organiser Julian Batchelor tried to give a one-hour… Audio
Big cat fans upset at Kamo sanctuary liquidation
News of the sudden liquidation of the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary - and possible euthanasia of 15 big cats - is causing upset.
The park houses lions, tigers and a leopard. Sam Olley reports from Te Tai… Video, Audio
Big cats' lives at stake after sanctuary goes bust
Lions, tigers and a leopard could be put down after the financial collapse of the Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary.
The private zoo in Whangārei is home to 15 big cats - that are all old - in their late teens… Audio
Massive clean-up after Mangawhai deluge
Mangawhai residents spent the weekend cleaning up the damage left behind after Friday's enormous downpour.
Two-hundred-and-fifty millimetres of rain fell in just three hours, cars were submerged… Audio
Storm-hit Northland is not forgotten - PM Chris Hipkins
The Prime Minister has spent the day with cyclone responders in Te Tai Tokerau telling Northlanders they have not been forgotten.
He was confronted with stories of some of our poorest households cut… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Cleaning up in one of Dargaville's hardest-hit streets
Assessors are getting through a long list of building checks in Te Tai Tokerau - where red stickers have been issued across all three districts.
Sam Olley spoke to some of those cleaning up. Audio
Some Te Tai Tokerau residents still without power
Hundreds of Northlanders are still having to get by without electricity more than week after Cyclone Gabrielle hit.
In the Kaipara district alone - there were 300 properties still cut off yesterday-… Audio
Around the motu: Sam Olley at Waitangi
RNZ reporter Sam Olley has spent six days in Waitangi covering this year's commemorations and joins Kathryn to explain how they shaped up compared to last year's Omicron-affected event. She'll look at… Audio
Weather and closed roads reduces Waitangi crowds
The Waitangi commemorations brought back the crowds - a stark contrast to last year when visitors were asked to stay away as Omicron broke out.
But as Sam Olley reports business owners in Paihia and… Audio
SH1 to Northland unlikely to open for Waitangi weekend
It's not just the Coromandel. A key stretch of road in Northland is unlikely to open for the long weekend - after another slip was found. The State Highway 1 section from the Brynderwyn Hills to Waipu… Audio
Voters across NZ hedging bets as Labour elects new leader
RNZ reporter Sam Olley has this report on the Labour leadership and who voters think should replace Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister. Audio
Asher family farewells father found dead
The family of Michael Asher is still grieving the loss their father, who is believed to have died of a heart attack after he went missing on Christmas Day. The 73-year-old's body was found three days… Audio
Asher family farewells father found dead
The family of Michael Asher is still grieving the loss their father, who is believed to have died of a heart attack after he went missing on Christmas Day.
The 73-year-old's body was found three days… Audio
NZ's only CO2 plant shut due to safety fears
A Todd Energy gas plant has been temporarily shut down due to safety concerns.
The Kapuni liquid carbon dioxide plant in Taranaki has been New Zealand's only domestic producer of food-grade CO2 since… Audio
Crime cleaning company 'technically' broke law over online posts but not charged
A police investigation has found a crime scene cleaning company that posted photos of death-related callouts online, broke the law.
But police aren't prosecuting - they're assured the posts won't… Audio
Hikoi calls for Kaipara mayor to quit over halting karakia
A roaring crowd has rallied outside the Kaipara Council building today - calling on the mayor to quit. Craig Jepson has courted controversy after stopping a councillor from opening a meeting with a… Video, Audio