Rare whale and calf sighting prompts boatie warning
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·10 Sept 2026
Rare whale and calf sighting prompts boatie warning The Department of Conservation (DOC) is urging boaties to take extra care while a southern right whale and her calf are in coastal waters off...
Ellerslie homicide: Murderer describes how crime scene was cleaned
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·10 Sept 2026
Wet rags, bloodied carpets, and a body in the back of a car is how a convicted murderer says he and another man cleaned their crime scene.
New Pacific research explores how sleep could improve youth mental health
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·10 Sept 2026
New Pacific research explores how sleep could improve youth mental health A new research in the Pacific is looking at how sleep can address youth mental health challenges.
Less than half of Pacific Year 4 students meet minimum reading benchmarks, report finds
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·10 Sept 2026
Less than half of Pacific Year 4 students meet minimum reading benchmarks, report finds A new report says less than half of year four students in the Pacific region reached the minimum expected...
Officer justified for punching man who strangled police dog, IPCA finds
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·10 Sept 2026
An investigation has found police were justified in punching a man who was trying to strangle a police dog during an arrest in Northland last year.
ACT sets out plan to wind up Waitangi Tribunal
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
The ACT Party wants to wind up the Waitangi Tribunal, saying its contemporary inquiries have become increasingly ideological and expansive.
Department of Conservation begins enquiries into man who threw dead fish at leopard seal
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Department of Conservation begins enquiries into man who threw dead fish at leopard seal The Department of Conservation has made contact with a man who threw a dead fish at a leopard seal on Petone...
Explainer: How 9/11 changed how we fly in New Zealand forever
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Explainer - It only took one day for how New Zealanders fly to be forever changed. This week marks the 25th anniversary of the 11 September, 2001 terrorist attacks in America, which left nearly...
Average KiwiSaver balance cracks $40k
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
New Zealanders' average KiwiSaver balance has ticked over $40,000 for the first time, but there are still more than a million members not contributing to the scheme at all.
Oil prices could reach $US120 - analysts
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Oil prices could reach $US120 - analysts Oil prices have spiked back over a US$100 with some leading analysts now forecasting the possibility of prices reaching $US120.
Helicopter plunged 30 metres down mountain after blades strikes rockface
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Helicopter plunged 30 metres down mountain after blades strikes rockface A helicopter that crashed killing two people in Mt Aspiring National Park plunged 30 metres down a mountain after its rotor...
Lack of funding is main reason 60 percent of calls not answered, Lifeline says
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Crisis support service Lifeline says a lack of funding is why it's responding to less than half of mental health teleservice calls a year.
No hard feelings: Rakesh Naidoo refuses to hit back after police row
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Labour's top cop candidate Rakesh Naidoo has declined to fire back at police top brass over their criticism of his move into politics, despite maintaining he did nothing wrong.
Police apologise to mother of Rachel Molloy who died after supposed fall down concrete stairs
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Police apologise to mother of Rachel Molloy who died after supposed fall down concrete stairs RNZnational Police have apologised to the mother of a woman who died after a supposed fall down a...
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific?
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific? Analysis - On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the...
Port Moresby police chief aims to make PNG capital a liveable, safe city
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is routinely ranked high on international lists of the most dangerous cities.
Dozens of academic papers have references made up by AI - research
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Dozens of academic papers have fake references in them that have been made up by AI, according to new research from the University of Auckland.
More women disclosing family violence to workplaces
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
New research by Women's Refuge shows more women are disclosing that they are victims of family violence at work.
New Southland wind turbines already adding power to the grid
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
The head of Mercury believes powers bills will eventually benefit from more projects like the Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm.
House prices won't be back to 2021 levels until 2030, major bank says
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·9 Sept 2026
Senior economist Mark Smith said, in the 30 years until 2020, New Zealand house prices had increased six-fold.
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