Easter road toll rises to three after Northland motorcycle death

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Source: Radio New Zealand Police said the single vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 1 in Waipu on Sunday morning about 9.40am. RNZ / REECE BAKER The Easter holiday road toll has risen to three, after the death of a motorcyclist in Northland. Police said the single vehicle crash occurred on State Highway 1 in … Read more

Research funding provides rangatahi with hands-on education about climate change

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Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in research funding from the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies to give rangatahi a hands-on education about climate change. Project lead Dr Mawera … Read more

Police bust ‘antisocial road user event’ outside Palmerston North

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Source: Radio New Zealand Police have arrested four people, siezed two vehicles seized and issued dozens of infringement notices after busting “an anti-social road user event” in Manawatū. NZ Police Police have arrested four people, seized two vehicles and issued dozens of infringement notices after busting “an antisocial road user event” in Manawatū. Police dubbed … Read more

Malaysia’s Leading Luxury Watch & Jewellery Retailer Honoured with Prestigious Royal Warrant

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Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 5 April 2026 – Swiss Watch, Malaysia’s premier luxury timepiece and jewellery curator, has been appointed as the Purveyor of Fine Watches and Jewellery to His Royal Highness, the Sultan of Selangor. This prestigious seal of approval from the Royal family marks a truly … Read more

Research funding provides rangitahi with hands-on education about climate change

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Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in research funding from the Centre of Research Excellence Coastal People: Southern Skies to give rangatahi a hands-on education about climate change. Project lead Dr Mawera … Read more

Netball: ANZ Premiership players, teams take advantage of increased import quota

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Source: Radio New Zealand In 2022, South African Ine-Mari Venter (left) played against the Silver Ferns. Simon West/Photosport South Africa’s Ine-Mari Venter will line up in her fourth international league, when she steps onto court for the start of the ANZ Premiership this month, underlining the global path of her career. The experienced shooter is … Read more

Arrest following firearms incident, West Huntly

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Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Scott McKenzie: A man has been arrested this morning in relation to an incident in West Huntly on Thursday 2 April. At around 7pm, a group of men approached an address armed with firearms. A verbal altercation with the occupants of the address followed. A firearm … Read more

Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds warning for upper North Island

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Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday. Screengrab / MetService MetService is warning residents in Northland to prepare for severe gales, heavy rain and possible thunderstorms. Rainfall could exceed warning criteria, with thunderstorms and localised downpours possible, MetService said. It warned people to avoid low-lying … Read more

A night of disrupting anti-social road users in Manawatū

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Source: New Zealand Police Four people have been arrested, two vehicles seized and dozens of infringements issued after an anti-social road user event in Manawatū. Manawatū Area Commander Inspector Matenga Gray says two patrol cars were damaged after the group launched projectiles, but the 200 vehicles involved in the event “spent their night dealing with … Read more

Movie stars join forces to buy Auckland film and TV studio

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Source: Radio New Zealand Actors Cliff Curtis and Jason Momoa, along with director Taika Waititi, have acquired Auckland-based film studio Studio West in a bid to bring more jobs and Polynesian-led storytelling to the country. The studio, set up in 1997, was previously owned and operated by Enki Enterprises’ Kay and Glenn Howe, who say … Read more

The House: Members of Parliament debate ability to take mickey

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Source: Radio New Zealand Green MP Kahurangi Carter speaking in the urgent debate. VNP / Phil Smith This week, Members of Parliament debated a bill to protect parody and satire – the right to take the mickey under New Zealand’s copyright law, something they themselves may well be the target of. Every second sitting, Wednesday … Read more

Health New Zealand releases guidelines to help families with perinatal loss

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Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Health New Zealand has released long-awaited guidelines to help grieving families cope with the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first year after birth. The National Bereavement Care Pathway for Perinatal Loss was released on Thursday. It outlined the nine standards that will guide the future approach … Read more

The Swedish concept of döstädning is about more than just getting rid of things

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Source: Radio New Zealand The Swedish painter Margareta Magnusson died on March 12 aged 92. She became famous in 2017 for coining the smart and humorous concept of döstädning in a book known in English as The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. The book was rapidly translated into an impressive number of languages, exporting … Read more

I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold

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Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell had been both a police reporter and a morgue assistant. And her character was inspired by a real medical examiner she worked with. Postmortem won … Read more

Person dies after vehicle plunges into tree in Northland

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Source: Radio New Zealand The driver died at the scene. RNZ / Marika Khabazi One person has died after their vehicle plunged into a tree in Kaitaia, Northland. Emergency services were called to the crash near the intersection of North Road and Farrimond Place at 10:30pm on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the crash … Read more

NRL: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s departure affects NZ Warriors in different ways

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Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and family celebrate his 150th Warriors outing against Canberra Raiders. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport Erin Clark heard NZ Warriors teammate Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was leaving from his distraught wife. The news surely didn’t come as a shock to Clark, who had watched from across the locker room, as the veteran wing fended … Read more

Daylight saving: Does an hour really make a difference?

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Source: Radio New Zealand It’s just an hour, will it really affect us? “It does. There’s really clear research out there that shows that missing out on sleep by an hour or more can lead to poorer functioning the next day,” says Dr Karyn O’Keefe, from the Sleep/Wake Research Centre. That one-hour shift can make … Read more

Highway reopens after Dunedin house fire

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Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon A stretch of State Highway One in Dunedin has reopened to one lane, after it was closed due to a house fire. Fire and Emergency were called to the blaze on Great King Street North just … Read more

The Pogues co-founder: ‘We’re the last proper London punk band’

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Source: Radio New Zealand It’s both brilliant and validating that UK band The Pogues are beloved by so many international fans, says Spider Stacy, who now replaces Shane McGowan – a hard-drinking poet, who died in 2023 – as the band’s frontman. Every time he’s anywhere near an Australian or a New Zealander though, Stacy … Read more

Dunedin house fire closes State Highway 1

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Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon Crews were at the scene of a house fire in Dunedin that closed State Highway One, through the city. Fire and Emergency were called to the blaze on Great King Street North just after 6pm on … Read more

Cricket: White Ferns v South Africa Women – third and final ODI

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Source: Radio New Zealand Maddy Green has scored an unbeaten 141 runs to guide the White Ferns home by 66 runs in the deciding one-day international against South Africa at the Basin Reserve. Green hit a career-best 141 off 128 balls, despite cramping late in her innings, marking her third ODI century. Brooke Halliday also … Read more

Anti-bottom trawling long distance swimmer breaks world record, arrives in Wellington

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Source: Radio New Zealand Jono Ridler swims the final metres to arrive in Wellington on Saturday afternoon, after an almost 1400km swim from North Cape. RNZ/ Anya Fielding Ultra-marathon open-water swimmer Jono Ridler has completed his record-breaking odyssey down the east coast of the North Island, calling New Zealanders to unite against bottom trawling, and … Read more

Whanganui Collegiate owner still working on fixing illegal hockey turf lease

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Source: Radio New Zealand Whanganui Collegiate. Google Maps Whanganui Collegiate’s owner is considering the best option for replacing a lease that breaches education legislation. The school has been paying the Whanganui Collegiate School Foundation for use of a hockey turf, even though integrated schools are not allowed to enter lease arrangements – only their owners … Read more

Prof Carole Cusack: Who put the bunny into Easter?

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Source: Radio New Zealand A row of Chocolate Easter bunnies, at a chocolate factory in Germany that specialises in Easter products, on 26 February. AFP/ Matthias Bein As Easter is celebrated this long weekend, have you ever wondered how the resurrection of Jesus Christ came to be celebrated alongside the Easter bunny? University of Sydney … Read more