Jake Mc Kee

Figures out on Thursday confirm what most have already been feeling. The consumers price index increased 6.9 percent in the year ending March 31 - a three decade high.

Food prices are among the main… Video, Audio

Transmission Gully is open to the public, and there's already been a speeding ticket and a police car has found itself stuck.

After a ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday, vehicles were allowed to start… Video, Audio

The rubber is finally about to hit the road on the long awaited Transmission Gully motorway in Wellington.

The project's been riddled with delays and Waka Kotahi put the hard word on the contractor a… Video, Audio

Transmission Gully has officially opened today, after missing five deadlines in the last two years. A ribbon-cutting ceremony has just been held for the 27-kilometre stretch of highway from Wellington… Audio

The long-awaited Transmission Gully motorway is finally ready to open to the public.

Reporter Jake McKee spoke to Susie Ferguson from the Paekakariki Interchange of the new road. Audio

The heavy rain that hit the Tairawhiti region over the past two days has moved south towards Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa.

Rain is still falling across the Gisborne region, but not as intensely.

About… Audio

Three bodies have been recovered after a charter fishing vessel sank near Otou North Cape in poor weather.

There were ten people onboard the boat which activated its emergency locator beacon around… Audio

Wellington's water company has launched an independent inquiry into itself after revelations water in parts of the region hasn't been fluoridated since last year.

Councils around the region were… Audio

Wednesday marks two weeks since the protest at Parliament came to a violent end after 23 days.

Standing among the ruined grounds is Parliament's $500,000 playground - a slide that was damaged in a… Audio

Homemade pitchforks, shields, explosions, fire balls and a big black cloud of smoke.

That was the chaotic scene at Parliament on Wednesday, as police worked to clear the area of protesters.

RNZ… Video, Audio

There've been rough scenes outside parliament this morning, after the police began a concerted push to clear surrounding streets.

Officers carried riot shields while protesters held sheets of… Audio

Thousands of people are being told to get retested for Covid-19 after an overwhelmed lab system failed when the Omicron wave hit.

It's been revealed tens of thousand of people have been waiting more… Audio

Homelessness should be a measure of child poverty, according to advocates.

The latest data from Stats NZ shows all nine child poverty measures in New Zealand have trended downwards over the three… Audio

Misinformation researchers are concerned the protest at Parliament is vulnerable to being captured by extremists, as the idea of any leadership within the blockade area slips away.

In recent days… Audio

A controversial occupation of about one-thousand people is now into its 11th day on the grounds of Parliament.

MPs have offered protesters an olive branch saying they'll meet with them, but only if… Audio

The anti-mandate protesters illegally occupying a large part of Wellington's central city are refusing to budge.

This is despite all parties in Parliament setting an ultimatum - we will consider… Audio

Police say they've made progress speaking to the leaders of the protest on Parliament's front lawn.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster this morning said towing would begin today.

But not a single… Video, Audio

'No longer tenable'. The country's top cop has renewed calls for protesters to move their vehicles off the roads blocking central Wellington streets, to bring to an end the major disruption.

They've… Video, Audio

Police have arrested 120 protesters on the grounds of Parliament during the third day of anti-mandate demonstrations.

A massive deployment of officers is slowly and methodically picking out… Video, Audio

The MIQ lottery is about to end - and thousands of New Zealanders are on their way home.

Those stuck in Australia are first in line when the border starts to open in just over three weeks.

A… Audio