Katie Todd

Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Huntly, Nga-rua-wahia and Taupiri are now in Alert Level 3 after two cases were reported yesterday with no known links to the Auckland outbreak. The two new cases, who are known… Audio

The mother of slain police constable Matthew Hunt has condemned the getaway driver for her 'unbelievable' selfishness on the day her son was gunned down.

Natalie Bracken has been sentenced to 12… Audio

Psychologists say there's emerging evidence of long-term and in some cases 'severe' effects from time spent in MIQ, brought on by a lack of control, autonomy and social contact.

While many returnees… Audio

Government figures suggest taxpayers paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to accommodate visiting sports teams last year.

Documents provided to RNZ show every member of a cricket team that stayed in… Audio

Documents sourced by RNZ show that government ministers pressed for a dedicated MIQ facility to accommodate international sports teams.

Officials were told by Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins… Audio

The Auckland couple who travelled to Wanaka while the city was at Covid-19 alert level 4 have been charged. Police say William Willis and Hannah Rawnsley have been summonsed to appear in the Papakura… Audio

At least 15 rest homes are turning down new admissions because the migrant nurses they've hired can't get into the country.

Short-staffed care homes are regularly firing out official notices to the… Audio

It was full steam ahead at mass vaccination clinics in Auckland today with thousands of doses delivered across the city.

And vaccine stocks are getting replenished, with an 250,000 extra Pfizer jabs… Audio

The number of visitors showing up at Auckland hospitals during alert level four is among the highest in the country, and staff and patients aren't happy.

The DHB's visitor policy is under fire for… Audio

The nurses' organisation is concerned about hospital visitor rules in Auckland, which are allowing hundreds of people to visit patients every day during Alert Level Four. It says hospital staff are… Audio

A 19-year-old who fled the LynnMall stabbings and helped a wounded woman, says she felt shakey and mistrusting going to another supermarket a couple of days later.

Monica Seve and her boyfriend were… Audio

A criminologist who assessed the New Lynn attacker's risk to the community in 2018, says he strongly believes the stabbings could have been prevented.

When Ahamed Samsudeen was sentenced in July… Audio

At midnight last night, Northland joined the rest of the country - south of Auckland - in alert level 3.

Auckland will remain at level four until at least 13 September, and police have set up five… Audio

Ruined cars, sodden belongings and ripped up gardens. West Aucklanders have been taking stock of what they lost in Monday night's deluge.

Bethells Beach remains cut off because of a washed-out… Video, Audio

The country's two big supermarket chains could be in for a major shake up this morning - and shoppers in for cheaper groceries.

The Commerce Commission is set to release its draft investigation into… Audio

Police killer Eli Epiha will be sentenced in October for shooting two officers - one fatally - in Auckland last June.

Epiha had already admitted murdering constable Matthew Hunt and yesterday a jury… Audio

Police killer Eli Epiha has been found guilty of the attempted murder of another officer, Constable David Goldfinch.

Epiha pleaded guilty to the murder of Constable Matthew Hunt, who he shot dead in… Video, Audio

The man who shot police constable Matthew Hunt admits he walked away from the dying officer as he was asking for help.

Eli Epiha has been described as "fully engaged" and intent on killing officers… Audio

It's been revealed a cop killer tried to hide his gun among pine needles in a patch of bush after fleeing from the scene.

Police have detailed how they tracked down Eli Epiha, after he shot dead one… Audio

"This is where I die." That was the thought that ran through the mind of a police officer, shot on a suburban Auckland street last year.

David Goldfinch was fired at, while his colleague Constable… Audio