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Australia's Environment Minister Sussan Ley says the country's koala population has taken an "extraordinary hit" in the bush fire crisis and they could formally be classified as endangered. Ms Ley… Audio

A fire safety campaign designed to pull at the heartstrings appears to have struck a chord with new New Zealanders. Fire and Emergency's education campaign, launched last month, uses posters kiwi, tui… Audio

There's still no saying what caused an early morning inferno in a Christchurch boarding house, which claimed one life this morning. The single storey New Brighton property went up in flames just… Audio

The police say immediate family members of the two people shot dead at a Castlepoint property this morning were in the house at the time of the incident. The Armed Offenders Squad was called to the… Audio

People who saw an out-of-control tour bus crashing into a mother and child in central Auckland expected to find them dead when they rushed to help. Incredibly, both the woman and the baby escaped with… Audio

The women's quarter-finals have been taking place at the ASB Classic in Auckland. RNZ reporter Felicity Reid has the latest. Audio

Nearly a quarter of a million people have been asked to evacuate their homes, with some communities in Victoria given less than an hour to leave amid fire danger in Australia. Temperatures above 40… Audio

Residents in fire-affected Australian states are doing their best to prepare for another potential onslaught as the conditions heat up. Kim Savage spoke with New Zealander Melinda Loe, who runs a tour… Audio

Six people have died in as many days in workplace-related incidents, at a time when most people are just returning back to work after the Christmas break. The most recent death was on Friday morning… Audio

The University of Canterbury hopes all recommendations made in an independent report into the death of student there will be in place by the time students begin the new academic year. Mason Pendrous'… Audio

One month on, many of the people who were on Whakaari /White Island at the time of the fatal eruption are still requiring round-the-clock medical care. The explosion on December 9th claimed 17 lives -… Audio

National says the government needs to focus its efforts on eliminating ISIS from the Middle East. Due to conflict this week between Iran and the US, the Defence Force has halted training activites of… Audio

More than a metre of rainfall that fell in 48 hours on the West Coast in March marked just one of several weather records broken last year. According to NIWA's annual climate summary, released today… Audio

Prince Harry and Meghan's shock proclamation that they'll step back as senior royals and will fashion new modern roles for themselves have prompted savage headlines around the world. The couple's… Audio

Two seeded players have fallen on day three of the ASB Classic tennis tournament in Auckland. Second-seed Petra Martic from Croatia and French eighth-seed Caroline Garcia were knocked out of the… Audio

Marlborough teen George Glover set himself the goal of swimming the length of Queen Charlotte Sound twice, a distance of more than 80 kilometres, the equivalent of four Cook Strait crossings, to raise… Audio

Waikato University's Professor Al Gillespie talks to Kim Savage about Donald Trump's three options after Iran's rocket attack against two US bases in Iraq. Audio

Iran's embassy in Wellington is calling on New Zealand to promote peace and security in the Middle East following today's attacks. Acting prime minister Winston Peters has released a statement… Audio

At least two Iraqi airbases housing US troops have been hit by more than a dozen Iranian rockets. It comes as retaliation for the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last… Audio

At least 100 women have come forward with claims they were coerced to appear in sex videos as part of a multi-million dollar online porn operation in the United States. The operation was headed by New… Audio