Max Towle

Being isolated in our homes is something most of us are going to have to get used for the next four weeks or longer.

Some people have a head start, having arrived in New Zealand after the Government… Audio

Kicking a tennis ball around the living room, watching Netflix, wiping down the communal fridge door handle.

All things our reporter Max Towle is doing as he stays isolated after returning from… Audio

From today every traveller who lands in New Zealand is being met by a health official at the airport with instructions on how to manage two weeks in isolation.

Customs has also closed its e-gates and… Audio

Travel restrictions are now in force for all people flying into New Zealand.

All people travelling into the country, except from the Pacific Islands, must now go into isolation for 14 days to curb… Audio

Insight - Summer listening. A few of your favourite Insight programmes from 2019 including; the loss of identity suffered by Maori adopted into Pakeha families, the flogging-off of race tracks to save… Audio

Two multi-billion dollar government investment funds say they have no plans to scrap their investments in fossil fuel companies, despite pressure from the Green Party.

Combined, the National… Audio

Forcing racing clubs to close their tracks and outsourcing the TAB could revitalise the horse racing industry, but as Max Towle discovers, some diehards won't accept change without a fight. Audio

As online gambling booms in New Zealand, the government wants to change the law to stop people spending millions on foreign betting and casino websites. But critics say any law change would lead to… Audio

It's a new technology that's been described as the biggest thing since the internet, and advocates say it's now or never for New Zealand to get on-board. Blockchain was created for the controversial… Audio

As our lives increasingly play out online, so too must our deaths. Facebook has finally updated the way it memorialises people, and as more and more users die, the social media site is starting to… Audio

A historic Dunedin rugby club is refusing to budge from its home ground, despite the land owner, Ravensdown, wanting them gone.

Harbour Rugby club, formerly known as Ravensbourne, has played at… Audio

Infighting and scathing comments from former leader Gareth Morgan are threatening to derail The Opportunities Party's election campaign.

Mr Morgan is calling his former colleagues "grovelling… Audio

On Wednesday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will co-chair a meeting of world leaders and tech giants aimed at stopping extremism spreading online. But what will it really achieve?  Audio

Insight - The internet has helped those wanting to spread extremism and in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attacks anonymous forums have come under scrutiny. Max Towle investigates whether… Audio

It's the biggest night of the year for Hollywood - the Oscars are being handed out...Joining us for a wee roundup of the goings-on so far is RNZ's Max Towle. Audio

A group of Indian students who were deported from New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and Labour MPs who promised to help have abandoned them. Jacinda Ardern and Andrew Little publicly supported… Audio