Charlotte Cook

Wellington's billion dollar road project Transmission Gully has blown its budget again, but who will pay the extra is unclear.

The 27 kilometre stretch of highway was supposed to cost $850 million… Audio

Those 'shredding for summer' have had their work out plans dramatically curtailed after lockdown closed gyms and studios across the country.

As New Zealand drops down the levels, gyms will be opening… Audio

The Transport Agency has admitted that sections of Wellington's $1 billion project, Transmission Gully, need to be re-laid after an error. It's another bump in the road after a number of delays on the… Audio

A woman was contacted by the Ministry of Health's tracing team four and a half weeks after she came into contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case. 

She took a regional flight on 17 March and ten days… Audio

New Zealand is racing to find other ways to produce and source chemicals and equipment critical for coronavirus testing.

Huge global demand is putting pressure on supplies and microbiologists… Audio

Front-line health workers are asking, why there is a priority list for who gets protective gear like masks if there is no shortage.

District Health Boards have put in a system where parts of the… Audio

Frontline health workers are angry they aren't getting the protection they say they need to keep themselves, and their patients safe.

A major supplier of medical gowns has told RNZ demand has… Audio

Fear is growing among healthcare workers who say hospitals have been stretched for months.

A nurse at Wellington Hospital, Katrina Hopkinson says as the Covid crisis escalates, front line staff… Audio

The Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has just given media an update on the Covid-19 pandemic. RNZ's Charlotte Cook joins the program. Audio

The Ministry of Health's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has just given media an update on the Covid-19 pandemic. RNZ's Charlotte Cook joins the program. Audio

You will have heard the breaking news that New Zealand has eight new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total to 20. Audio

More than 38 million extra dollars went through the tills of supermarkets the week the first Coronavirus case was confirmed. Figures from market research company Iri - show for the week ending on the… Audio

Patients face rationing of subsidised paracetamol from Monday due to international shortages related to Covid-19. Pharmac says it's inevitable there will more disruptions to other drug supplies with… Audio

One of the main suppliers of protective gear for doctors and nurses is worried stocks could run out here if Chinese factories in Wuhan don't re-open soon.

The epicentre of the coronavirus also makes… Audio

A large scrub fire is burning near the of Marlborough settlement of Rarangi.

Fire crews were called to the scene on Port Underwood Road just before midnight.

RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook has the… Audio

Australian man Gabel Tostee was aquitted of the murder of his Tinder date - New Zealand woman - Warriena Wright in 2014.

But he's back on the dating apps and making headlines again after a Tinder… Audio

Nobody knows this tabbys tale, but after six years on the run, this cat might have found his fuurrrever home. A runaway puss has finally been reunited with his family after a disappearing act took him… Audio

Christmas songs often get a bad rap but one in particular has people ducking for cover.

A festive game has stretched the globe where the players have to avoid a classic Christmas tune from the 1984.

A man has been taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital in a critical condition after being shot by police during an incident at school in Flaxmere.

Hastings District Councillor Peleti Oli says he was in a… Audio