Guyon Espiner

Should we be worried about the election campaign going negative? Or is the greater worry party leaders who can't get their facts straight? Video, Audio

The head of Waikato University was intimately involved in National's policy of establishing a medical school at the university and told one of its senior MPs it could be a "present" to a National… Audio

National’s tax plan is a clever political document but raises questions about “heroic” numbers. We look at how much government spending doesn’t change and what’s up for grabs in coalition deals. Plus… Video, Audio

Get your teeth into the big announcements on climate change, cellphones and teeth. Caucus debates the BlackRock deal, China, free dentalcare affordability and teachers as the "phone police" Audio

Fans at Eden Park were confused when a fire alarm went off during the US and Portugal match.

The false alarm started sounding during the half time break. Almost 43,000 were at the game, and despite… Audio

A spectator at last night's football match at Eden Park says she and others started freaking out when the stadium's fire exits locked them inside while a fire alarm was telling them to evacuate.

The… Audio

Transparency International has set up a secret group of lobbyists to provide advice on improving ethics in the lobbying industry, sparking claims it is being captured by the forces it seeks to… Audio

Guyon Espiner and panellists Nick Leggett and Sue Kedgley discuss what may be the most expensive car theft in New Zealand history.  Audio

Today on The Panel, Guyon Espiner and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Dunne discuss our approach to policing gangs, the new hottest day recorded and Meta's upcoming app that could rival… Audio

Today on The Panel, Guyon Espiner and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Dunne discuss the drop in house prices since this time last year. Also, they look at an early draft of the new science… Audio

Wallace and panellists hear from Prescription Access Initiative ahead of the fee scrap tomorrow and name suppression in New Zealand. Plus, they cross to Papakura where RNZ reporter Rayssa de Almeida… Audio

Wallace and panellists Ali Jones and Ed Amon dig through the mailbag. Audio

Cash-strapped Waikato University has paid nearly $1 million to an advisory firm run by former National Party Cabinet Minister Steven Joyce. The university says Mr Joyce's experience in business and… Audio

The Labour party hardly mentions farming, and National talks relentlessly about tax, spending and crisis.

Those are some of the key findings of an RNZ data analysis of nine months of media interviews… Audio

A Wellington artist who wants to redefine what a portrait should be has won this year's Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award and a $20,000 prize.

Stevei Houkāmau's work is a five-metre-long sculpture… Audio

The pain of inflation may have peaked.

The Reserve Bank hiked the official cash rate by 25 basis points yesterday to 5.5%, and signalled that might be as high as it will go.

But it says we aren't… Audio

The National Party says the early childhood education sector's near total rejection of the Government's plan to provide 20 hours of free childcare to two-year-olds is a vote of no confidence in the… Audio

The early childhood education sector has banded together to reject the Government's plan to extend the 20 hours fees-free scheme to two-year-olds.

A coalition of early childhood services says the… Audio