Mani Dunlop

Police in Wairarapa have admitted to illegally taking photos of young people after RNZ alerted them to multiple reports of officers stopping and photographing young Māori on the street.

Wellington… Audio

Four years after the occupation by "protectors" began, a deal on the future of the land at Ihumātao has been announced by the government.

The breakthrough deal to buy the disputed land has brought an… Audio

Dame Tariana Turia says Oranga Tamariki deserves Maori leadership and current CEO Grainne Moss should resign.
 
The Waitangi Tribunal has been hearing from Moss as it investigates the ministry's… Audio

To Murihiku/Southland now, where a dusting of snow has raised the wild prospect of a white Christmas.

Temperatures dropped across much of the south -- just in time for the weekend.

Metservice… Audio

The New Zealand cricketers have already lost a wicket on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

The Black Caps won the first match by an innings and 134 runs… Audio

Hopes the thousands of tonnes of toxic waste stored in Mataura would be removed this year are now gone.

Mediation has been ongoing between the parties involved, and in a minute issued a short time… Audio

The New Zealand Initiative says anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim comments in a blog written by one of its staff members are abhorrent and is seeking legal advice about what to do next.

Nathan Smith, who… Audio

Northland is experiencing heavy traffic, as trucks transport 1200 containers from a ship berthed at Northport to Auckland.

The ship's cargo is having to travel to Auckland by road because an upgrade… Audio

Northland is experiencing heavy traffic, with a large operation to unload a cargo ship at Northport and transport 1200 containers to Auckland getting underway this morning.

The ship was diverted from… Audio

The head of Oranga Tamariki will concede that structural racism in the care and protection system has had adverse effects on tamariki Māori. 

This is what the Waitangi Tribunal Urgent Inquiry which… Audio

A satellite built and operated by students at the University of Auckland will be launched into space later this month.

Waka Āmiorangi Aotearoa APSS-1 is the first New Zealand satellite to be built by… Audio

The Melbourne Cup returns to Flemington Racecourse today, but Covid-19 restrictions mean the derby will go without its customary horde of revellers when it begins at 5 o'clock. But is there a buzz in… Audio

The US President, Donald Trump, and Presidential hopeful, Joe Biden, have spent one final day trying to win over voters ahead of tomorrow's election. Mr Biden has visited Ohio and the key state of… Audio

The Christchurch mayor is reassuring Ōtautahi residents, after a managed isolation worker tested positive for Covid-19.

Lianne Dalziel, spoke with Māni Dunlop. Audio

Anxiety levels in Christchurch are heightened after a worker at an Ōtautahi managed isolation facility tested positive for Covid-19.

The worker visited a Countdown supermarket in the city while… Audio

Many people are expected to head away for the weekend and Labour Day Monday, with police warning drivers to be patient on the congested roads.

But what will the weather have in store for us?

Māni… Audio

A group of Auckland chief executives have confirmed that Luna Rossa had previously agreed on the courses for the America's Cup races.

Luna Rossa went to the Cup's arbitration panel, which decided to… Audio

In a little under two hours, US President Donald Trump and Presidential hopeful Joe Biden, will make a final pitch to American voters in their final televised debate.

New rules are in place to limit… Audio