RNZ

Cabinet has approved a business case to see whether the government's idea of creating a new, super-sized public broadcaster is viable. After months of speculation, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi… Audio

The broadcasting minister is adamant that RNZ National will remain commercial-free under any new media set-up with TVNZ.

Kris Faafoi confirmed that work will begin on a business case for creating a… Video, Audio

In the biggest overhaul of its music services in years, RNZ is planning to gut its classical music station RNZ Concert and replace it on FM radio with music for a younger audience as part of a new… Audio

Cabinet has approved the idea of a new public service outfit to replace state-owned RNZ and TVNZ by 2023 - but they want more details from the broadcasting minister. So does the public and the rest of… Audio

The government is being criticised for keeping the future of public broadcasting behind closed doors, as it pushes ahead on a plan to merge RNZ and TVNZ.

Ministers have signed off on a high-level… Audio

Paddlers - both young and old - have spent this past week battling it out on Lake Karapiro at the annual Waka Ama Sprint Champs.

Eighty-one-year-old Emily Bishop is among those competing, her team… Audio

The semi-finals are underway at the ASB men's tennis Classic in Auckland.

RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson is there. Audio

Data released by Inland Revenue has revealed overseas-based student loan borrowers owe the Government more than $3.4 billion.

There are more than 100,000 people with student loans living overseas and… Audio

The idea of fighting fire with fire, it's a concept rooted deep in Australia's aboriginal culture.

Indigenous fire management practices have found the spotlight amid the country's bush fire crisis… Audio

Andrew Barnes is on a global mission to shrink the average working week from five days to four.

It's been 18 months since the founder of the trust company Perpetual Guardian offered his staff an… Audio

For a quick update on what the markets are up to this evening we're joined by business reporter Madison Reidy. Audio

A historian is concerned that drastic reductions in archive opening hours will make it harder for iwi to conduct crucial research.

From March 2nd, the reading room hours at Archives New Zealand will… Audio

Cyclone Tino, a category one storm, is due to make landfall over Fiji's second-largest island of Vanua Levu later this evening. 

Labasa has closed shop early as the storm bears down on the farming… Audio

One in five deaths around the world is caused by sepsis, according to a new study by the Global Burden Of Disease Report.

Sepsis -- also known as blood poisoning -- killed more than 11 million people… Audio

A series of arson attacks on properties on the eastern side of Lake Taupo is being described as reckless and life-threatening.

Seven people escaped with their lives from one holiday home with just… Audio

That's how those at the centre of issues with Southern Response have characterised the state insurer's public apology.

Southern Response's new boss, Casey Hurren, offered the public apology while… Audio

A covert firefighting operation saved an ancient grove of pine trees that were under threat due to the bushfires currently raging in Australia.

The Wollemi Pine grove near Sydney was discovered by… Audio