Kim Hill

"Absolutely gutted", "devastated", a "worse case scenario".

That's the response from Hospitality New Zealand about the Government's three-stage roadmap to gradually ease Covid-19 restrictions.

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Monday marks one year since a fire ripped through the Lake Ōhau alpine village, forcing people to flee in the middle of the night.

Roughly half the homes in the remote MacKenzie basin were destroyed… Audio

Contracting out Crown prosecutions to private law firms leads to a lack of accountability and transparency and the system needs to change, according to key players in the justice system.

Private law… Audio

Afghan people living in Aotearoa are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand who are still stuck in Afghanistan.

There are concerns the people who… Audio

Hamilton and Raglan have moved to alert level 3 after two new Covid-19 cases were detected in the region.

The lockdown will last at least five days, and covers not only Raglan and Hamilton but Te… Audio

Proof of vaccination will soon be as necessary as a valid passport for international passengers flying on Air New Zealand.

The national carrier says vaccination is the new reality of global travel… Audio

The police hierarchy asked staff not to get vaccinated early in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, unless they did it through the police's chosen provider.

That's because the police were prioritising… Audio

Ōtorohanga's mayor is shocked by what he's calling the "total disrespect for human life" when a man was killed during an apparent road rage-related brawl on Saturday night. 

The police have launched… Audio

Waikato, Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Huntly, Ngāruawāhia and Taupiri are now in Alert Level 3 after two cases were reported yesterday.

RNZ reporter Katie Todd travelled from Auckland to Hamilton yesterday… Audio

Public health experts want an urgent review of the strategy to tackle Covid-19.

They're calling for increased routine screening, mandatory vaccination for more groups of workers, an upgraded alert… Audio

There are growing concerns that Covid-19 found in Waikato - and other surprise cases - could be the tip of an iceberg of undetected transmission.

The government's set to announce its decision about… Audio

National Party leader Judith Collins says more breaches of the lockdown laws are likely, and the police need to apply the law with an even hand.

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is promising to… Audio

Waikato health authorities are ramping up testing capacity and hoping two positive Covid-19 cases in the region will cause a rush on vaccinations.

The cases yesterday prompted the Government to put… Audio

Runners have pounded the UK capital's streets in a record-breaking London marathon.

The 42 kilometre race returned for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years, following the… Audio

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When a bunch of unruly British tourists caused havoc around the country back in 2019, the general director of the New Zealand Opera Thomas de Mallet Burgess was struck by a bolt of inspiration. It was… Audio

Feedback from listeners to the Saturday Morning Programme 25 September 2021. Audio

Doug Wilson is a medical academic author and our regular correspondent from the other side of 80. Wilson graduated from Otago University 60 years ago, and since then there have been significant… Audio