Nita Blake Persen

The wage subsidies bill for the latest lockdowns across Aotearoa has reached $2.5 billion, but requests for support are dropping as restrictions ease.

Nita Blake-Persen has the story.  Audio

It's game on in Tai Tokerau, where rugby clubs and Māori health providers are teaming up to make Northland the first province with 90 percent of people vaccinated against Covid-19.

A new initiative… Audio

Packs of feral dogs have been causing heartbreaking stock losses throughout the Far North, and authorities are ill-equipped to deal with them.  Audio

Some businesses on Tāmaki Makaurau's northern border say things are so quiet they fear they may go extinct - and desperately want a travel corridor to keep them moving.

RNZ Tai Tokerau reporter Nita… Audio

New Zealanders wanting to welcome refugees into their community will be able to apply for a new sponsorship visa from next month.

The sponsorship programme is part of an expanded trial, in which… Audio

Officials at a Northland marina are reviewing Covid-19 protocols for boaties arriving from the Pacific, as dozens head home during the cyclone season.

Tai Tokerau Border Control has raised concerns… Audio

Businesses worried about ongoing lockdowns are being encouraged to get their staff vaccinated to prevent further lockdowns.

Covid-19 immunisations are progressing at a record rate, but with Delta… Audio

Tourism operators in Te Tai Tokerau are feeling the strain as holiday makers remain blocked from driving through Auckland's level 4 lockdown.

A new direct flight between Kerikeri and Wellington is… Audio

The first direct flight to Kerikeri from Wellington has just landed, leap-frogging Auckland.

It's hoped the flights will help boost the economy in Te Tai Tokerau, which had been cut off by the Delta… Audio

Northlanders wanting to head beyond Auckland for a holiday have been given a ticket out of town thanks to a new Air New Zealand flight.

The airline has announced a direct Kerikeri to Wellington… Audio

The government's wage subsidies bill has passed $1.2 billion.

The payout is supporting 838,000 employees, 117,000 self-employed people and 242,000 businesses.

The highest number of supported workers… Audio

Trips to and from Northland look set to remain highly restricted, despite the region's drop in alert levels.

Northland will join the rest of the country - apart from Auckland - at alert level 2 at… Audio

The Maritime Union is furious outgoing Ports of Auckland chief executive Tony Gibson has been paid nearly $1.8 million before leaving the company.

Gibson, who resigned in May, is facing health and… Video, Audio

The number of pensioners getting superannuation payments while son income of more than $200,000 has more than tripled over the past decade.

Superannuitants are the largest group of beneficiaries in… Audio

After negative results in wastewater testing, the government announced Northland will drop down to level 3 from 12am Friday..

Our reporter Nita Blake-Persen joins Lisa Owen live from Whangārei.

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Far North landowners have been given the green light to take billions of litres of water from an underground aquifer.

The water, which will mainly be used for avocado orchards, will come out of the… Audio

A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who is now at the front line of Auckland's Covid-19 vaccination rollout says it's not a career change she ever anticipated, but one she couldn't be more proud… Video, Audio

Warning: Details in this interview may upset some listeners.

Police investigating the discovery of a baby girl's body at an Auckland recycling facility are scouring CCTV footage for the movement of… Video, Audio

Northland will stay in lockdown level 4 for another few days while health officials monitor the recent cases in Warkworth.

The region will likely drop to level 3 on Thursday night.

Ko taku hoa… Video, Audio