Sarah Robson

Sixty New Zealanders landed in Auckland this morning on a government-assisted charter flight from South America.

Three Australians were also on board.

There are no commercial services operating… Audio

Plans are afoot to get more New Zealanders stuck in far-flung parts of the world home - but others stranded closer to our shores are struggling to find a way back.

Forty-nine New Zealanders have… Audio

New Zealanders stuck in Peru are pinning their hopes of escape on commercial charter flights organised by an Australian travel company.

The Australian government has been working with Chimu… Audio

The Australian government is helping charter planes get hundreds of its people out of South America. The flights are expected to leave from Peru and Uruguay in the coming days. Our reporter Sarah… Audio

Many beneficaries and superannuitants are over the moon with the extra money they're getting from the Covid-19 economic package.

The country's poorest and elderly are the two groups most vulnerable… Audio

The Ministry of Health is considering fines for people who refuse to self-isolate as the country ramps up its response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

New travel restrictions came into effect at 1am… Audio

Targeted wage subsidies are on the cards as the government looks to bolster the economy in the face of the fallout from Covid-19.

BNZ has warned New Zealand's risk of a recession is building by the… Audio

Universities are warning staff cuts could be on the horizon as they grapple with the financial losses from the Covid-19 travel ban.

Thousands of students due to begin their studies are still stuck in… Audio

Back home, the government's being slammed for ruling out a travel ban exemption for Chinese students due to start study at New Zealand universities. The Univeristy of Auckland last week announced a… Audio

A new report from the Citizens Advice Bureau has shed light on the impact of the shift to providing government and other services online. The organisation says a wide range of people, of all ages, are… Audio

The number of over-55s ending up on the jobseeker benefit is steadily on the rise, prompting calls for employers to change their attitudes to older workers.

Advocates say keeping older people in the… Audio

Over-55s who suddenly find themselves out of work can find it tough to find a new job as they get closer to retirement age. Figures from the Ministry of Social Development show the number of over-55s… Audio

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson from the High Court in Auckland, where the man found guilty of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane has been sentenced. Audio

New research by Otago University has found amalgam was used in 7 percent of fillings in 2017 - compared to just over 50 percent in 1998. Associate Professor Jonathan Broadbent is the lead author of… Audio

As the Flaxmere community reels from the injuries inflicted on a four-year-old boy, leaving him brain damaged, doctors say it's something they deal with on an all-too-regular basis.

Jeff Brown is the… Audio

More than 1000 people receiving money from the government to help with their housing costs have been underpaid to the tune of $1.4 million.

The mistake happened because the Ministry of Social… Audio

And while the mop-up is underway for residents in Mataura, locals are rallying together to muck in and help.

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson put her gumboots on and went to check out how it's going. Audio

Emergency Management authorities in Gore say the town dodged a bullet, with flood defences standing up to the challenge of record flows down the Mataura River.

Not everyone came off unscathed though… Audio

Alison and George Bishop returned to their Mataura home last night to find their home under a metre of water.

Matuara was the last evacuated town to be reopened in Southland after the Mataura River… Audio

Some Mataura residents are facing with a huge clean-up this morning after flood waters swamped about 20 properties in the town. It's the last evacuated town to be reopened in Southland after the… Audio