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Body found after helicopter joins search at Piha Beach
Source: Radio New Zealand Piha Beach, west of Auckland City, is notorious for its challenging conditions for swimmers and surfers (file photo). RNZ / Marika Khabazi A body has been...
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Boxing Day shoppers clog Auckland motorways
Source: Radio New Zealand State Highway 16 full of slow moving morning traffic as the sun rises. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Anyone catching a flight to Auckland Airport on Friday...
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RNZ’s best videos to watch over summer
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Looking for something a bit different to watch this summer break? RNZ has you covered. There are more than 100 series and films available to...
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Teenager charged after person shot in Christchurch
Source: Radio New Zealand He is charged of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A man is due to appear in court on Friday...
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Domestic violence experts warning of increase in abusive partners using tracking devices
Source: Radio New Zealand Experts say there is an increase in abusive partners stalking their exes with small tracking devices. 123RF Domestic violence experts warn they are seeing an alarming...
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Not Only Fred Dagg: Lorin Clarke reflects on her father’s legacy
Source: Radio New Zealand When Lorin Clarke told her mum, Helen, she was making a documentary about her late father, John, his “partner in every regard” warned that it couldn’t...
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The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day one
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England gets underway at the MCG in Melbourne Australia swept...
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Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Bayly went to Antarctica in 2012. Supplied Andrew Bayly still remembers the “visual assault” of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness. The National...
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Thousands of unwanted Christmas gifts already for sale on Trade Me
Source: Radio New Zealand A survey found most people are not offended if a gift is on-sold. Unsplash/ Kira auf der Heide More than 4500 unwanted Christmas gifts had already...
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Parking hard to find as Boxing Day sales begin
Source: Radio New Zealand Shoppers at Sylvia Park, Auckland, on Boxing Day 2025. Ke-Xin Li / RNZ Bargain hunters have started their Boxing Day shopping early to avoid crowds and...
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Paid firefighters call off planned Boxing Day strike
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson The Professional Firefighters’ Union has decided to stop Boxing Day’s one-hour...
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Weather: Large hail, thunderstorms forecast across New Zealand
Source: Radio New Zealand Several weather watches have been issued (file image). 123rf.com People should prepare for stormy, wet weather, as they head out to Boxing Day sales. Several weather...
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‘Strong’ quake shakes lower North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf A quake described by GeoNet as “strong” shook the lower North Island on Friday morning. It measured 4.7 and struck 10 km southwest of Pongaroa...
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Paid firefighters to briefly strike on Boxing Day
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteer firefighters will respond to 111 calls during the strike hour. RNZ / Alexander Robertson Fire and Emergency will be relying on volunteer crews to fight...
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Rockfall blocks state highway
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. 123RF Rockfall has been causing disruption on the roads around Arthur’s Pass between Canterbury and the West Coast. Fire and Emergency says it responded...
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Rare Hector’s or Māui dolphin spotted in Northland prompts questions
Source: Radio New Zealand By Penny Smith Scientists are asking people to watch out for any Māui or Hector’s dolphins spotted in North Island waters, and report them. Māui dolphin...
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Scrapped light rail must become Auckland’s long-term transport plan, advocate says
Source: Radio New Zealand An artists’ visualisation for Auckland Transport of light rail in Mt Roskill. Supplied / Auckland Transport A public transport advocate, whose Auckland Light Rail submission made...
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What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album
Source: Radio New Zealand Some time in the mid-2000s, a singular piece of music found its way onto student radio and other playlists. Consisting only of multi-tracked voices – like...
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Vingroup Signs Strategic Cooperation with The Government of Uzbekistan, Opening Large-Scale Investment Opportunities in Central Asia
Source: Media Outreach HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 December 2025 – Vingroup announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment, Industry...
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Vietnam Is Shining, and Can Gio Is the Hidden Jewel Awaiting Its Moment
Source: Media Outreach CAN GIO, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 December 2025 – In 2024, when Hines released its seminal report Why Asia Now, the message was simple...
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Hundreds lose power in Dunedin thunderstorms
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) 123RF Hundreds of households in the lower South Island are still without electricity after severe thunderstorms damaged powerlines. Power has been restored to many...
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SCG Advances Regional Optimization Strategy for Sustainable Growth
Source: Media Outreach Positioning Vietnam as Production-Export Hub to Global Markets, with SCGD Leading Decorative Surface Materials and Ceramic Tiles Market Ready to Drive Cement Business Expansion of Low-Carbon Products...
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What happens to people who die without any relatives to bury them?
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The number of people in the Auckland region who died without any family or friends to handle funeral arrangements leapt in the...
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What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree
Source: Radio New Zealand Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework ahead of the Boxing Day sale frenzy. RNZ Consumer NZ is urging people to do their homework,...
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Tucking in the Christmas spirit in Upper Hutt
Source: Radio New Zealand Christmas lunch diners John Kiegan and Thelma Balthiejus. RNZ / Ellen O’Dwyer Since early Christmas morning, volunteers, chefs and do-gooders have been busy cooking up Christmas...
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Person critically injured after vehicle rollover
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A person has been airlifted to Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital in critical condition after a vehicle rolled over in Northland. St John...
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India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change – minister
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay announce the free trade agreement with India. RNZ / Mark Papalii New Zealand could continue to see...