Mani Dunlop

The Human Rights Commission has been looking at the right to a decent home - a right which it says successive governments have failed to uphold. 

It's now proposing new laws and accountability… Audio

Aucklanders are able to leave the supercity - by air and by road.

While the southern road border was dismantled overnight, checkpoints remain in place at the Northern border.

Deputy police… Audio

The Government will create a new, independent redress system for survivors of abuse in state care and faith-based institutions.

It will be developed in collaboration with survivors, Maori… Audio

On the Mixtape today, we do things a little different: Instead of one guest picking their favourite tunes, we play some of the songs that didn't make our top 20 Countdown list, and speak to the RNZ… Video, Audio

A Covid-19 modeller believes cases will rise again when Auckland's border reopens. 

And he's recommending unvaccinated people get tested after they travel, as well as before as the law requires.

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Fake identity cards are being used by some people to claim diplomatic immunity from covid vaccination mandates.

The Education Ministry has warned schools and early childhood centres not to accept the… Audio

The average nationwide property price has tipped over $1 million dollars.

Despite that, some property analysts say the latest house price figures and number of properties for sale suggest the… Audio

The man who stabbed four people in a central Dunedin supermarket has entered guilty pleas for the frenzied attack.

Facing four charges of attempted murder, Luke Lambert changed his pleas to guilty… Audio

The government took a harder line than health officials advised when entering the traffic light system, leaving Auckland locked up for an extra 12 days.

The Ministry of Health said the border should… Audio

Waitangi Day commemorations have been cancelled for 2022.

The Government is being warned that the calling off of events is just the start, with Northlanders fearful of what Covid-19 will bring to… Audio

Misinformation about Covid-19 in Papua New Guinea is pushing some people from vaccine hesitancy to vaccine phobia, according to aid sector workers.

Just 1.7 percent of eligible people in Papua New… Audio

NCEA and scholarship exams start today.

First up: level two Physics and te reo Rangatira - essentially advanced te reo Maori. 

Māni Dunlop speaks to RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen… Audio

A 70-year old woman who was missing for nearly a fortnight was found on Saturday near her home in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham.

Cindy Li was reported missing on November the 9th; and is now in… Audio

Ministers will today consider Auckland's Covid-19 restrictions, and whether they'll introduce any new freedoms before Tāmaki Makaurau moves to the Traffic Light system.

At the current setting --… Audio

Research out of the United Kingdom that pulse oximeters don't work so well for people with darker skin, is causing concern in Aotearoa where more than half of the Covid-19 cases in the current… Audio

A survivor of state care who steered groundbreaking research says it has transformed the way the voices of survivors are heard and incorporated into the Royal Commission Inquiry. 

The report, by Ihi… Audio

The police have busted a major cocaine smuggling operation. 

Eight people have been arrested and cocaine with a street value in the millions of dollars has been seized. 

RNZ reporter Conan Young… Audio

One of Brian Tamaki's iwi is distancing itself from the Destiny Church leader saying he is putting his people at risk.

Ngāti Hikairo say his focus on individual rights reminds them of colonisation… Audio

A UN climate report author believes an agreement by the US and China to work together adds hope and a sense of urgency to the current climate talks.

In a surprise announcement, the two major powers… Audio