Emma Hatton
Two killed in fiery Oamaru car crash
Two people are dead and one person is critically injured after a fiery car crash in Oamaru on Wednesday night.
The crash happened at the intersection of T Y Duncan Road and Shortland Road at about… Audio
Veterans, public remember D-Day, 75 years on
About 100 people gathered in Wellington today to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Among the crowd at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park were three veterans who took part that day. Reporter… Video, Audio
450,000 people on wrong Kiwisaver tax rate
Kiwisaver fund providers are being told they should take more responsibility for making sure customers are on the right tax rate. Inland Revenue is writing to 450,000 people to advise them they have… Audio
Pokie machines should go - recovering gambling addict
A man addicted to pokie machines says it should be easier for local councils to remove them.
The town of Ōtaki, north of Wellington, has 61 pokie machines but the number recommended by the council… Audio
When is a hack not a hack?
Tech experts say National's early access to Budget documents was probably not the work of a sophisticated hacker, but an amateur computer sleuth who got lucky. But has anything actually illegal… Video, Audio
Open banking slowly but surely coming to NZ
It's a new way to pay and manage money - so-called 'open banking' - and slowly but surely it's coming to New Zealand. Yesterday, the company that runs the country's electronic pay systems, Payments… Audio
Employers may make KiwiSaver contributions for over-65s
The government is looking at changing the rules to force employers to make Kiwisaver contributions to over-65 year olds who are still working.
Those who choose to work after they reach retirement age… Audio
Christchurch mosque shooting survivor dies from injuries
A Turkish citizen wounded in the Christchurch terrorist attack in March has died, raising the death toll from the shootings to 51. Zekeriya Tuyan was critically wounded in the heinous attack and had… Audio
Christchurch mosque attack death toll now 51 - report
A Turkish citizen wounded at Al Noor mosque in the Christchurch terrorist attack has died, raising the death toll from the shootings to 51. In a tweet, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says… Audio
Thousands of NZ’s species on the brink of extinction
Ninety percent of the country's wetlands are drained, 94 percent of urban rivers are not swimmable and native forest which used to cover 80 percent of the country, now covers only a quarter. But the… Audio
Midwife training under scrutiny at Parliament
Midwife training is under scrutiny as MPs consider a call to beef up post-graduate supervision. A group lobbying for change - Action to Improve Maternity - is recommending a post-graduate internship… Audio
NZ road death toll jumps after horror week of crashes
The death toll from a horror five days on the roads has risen to 16 after another fatal crash overnight. A 12-year-old was one of two people who died when a truck and a car collided at a Christchurch… Audio
Ashburton locals want deadly road improved
Ashburton locals say a stretch of road which claimed the lives of a mother and her two young children needs to be improved. Three people were killed when their station wagon and a ute collided on the… Audio
Law Commission seeks to overhaul DNA law
DNA given to online genealogy websites, a newborn's DNA taken at a hospital and DNA taken from a discarded coffee cup. Is this, and should this, be available to the police in order to solve crimes… Audio
Haast faces sixth day without power after storm
Frustration is at boiling point on the West Coast as residents struggle to get their lives back on track after last week's torrential rain. Haast locals are waking to a sixth day without power. In… Audio
NZ Bus told to ‘hand the buses back to the ratepayers’
NZ Bus has received more than 17,000 fines in five months for late buses, cancellations and using buses that were too small for the route. Now Wellington Regional Council will have to decide soon… Audio
Kaimanawa fatal plane crash: Investigators head to site
Investigators will be arriving this morning at the scene of a fatal plane crash in the Kaimanawa Ranges. The two pilots were flying from Palmerston North to Auckland, via Taupō. Their plane was… Audio
Nearly 100% of gun licence applicants get one
More than 99 percent of people who apply for a firearms licence get it. The Police have released hundreds of pages of documents on firearms data and information. Emma Hatton been looking through them… Audio
Man sentenced for damaging Wellington Len Lye sculpture
The man who damaged a $300,000 Len Lye sculpture on Wellington's waterfront has been ordered to pay $1000 and undertake 150 hours of community work. Audio
Canadian student lays human rights complaint over uni rejection
A Canadian student denied an exchange to Victoria University because of her mental illness has laid a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. In RNZ reported on Kristin Legault who would have -… Audio
