The mayor of South Taranaki says the district dodged a bullet after 280 millimetres of rain fell over 24 hours. Phil Nixon spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Teachers at last-chance education programmes for troubled teens say allowing them to keep students beyond the age of 16 would change lives. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

Tutors and teachers at last-chance education programmes say allowing them to keep struggling secondary students beyond the ...

A mental health patient was not drug tested on the day he committed his second killing because the staffer believed he was ...

More than 650 reports have been made to the road cone hotline within its first month, but how effective has it been on the ...

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 is looking into the government's response to the pandemic and its effects.

New Zealand has finished fourth at the men's under-19 basketball World Cup in Switzerland. New Zealand was beaten 91-87 by ...

On today's First Up pod: tragic scenes in Texas over the weekend, with at least 70 people dying in flash flooding, our US ...

For many older people, downsizing is a painful process. Objects hold memories. Getting rid of them is like saying goodbye to ...

Public pressure is mounting on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a permanent ceasefire and end the war in Gaza. Tel Aviv correspondent Alexander Cornwell spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Hotel Motueka has raised nearly $7000, as of Sunday, for families affected by last week's flooding. Manager Vince Sibbald spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

Starting today, the inquest will hear from everyday people and their experiences of the government's decisions over vaccine ...