Alex Perrottet

Kyle Mullinder was kayaking with friends off the coast of Kaikōura when he copped a face full of octopus….thanks to a seal. He describes the incredible and smelly experience to Alex Perrottet. Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was a hit with the audience when she appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, joking about making him a citizen of Hobbiton and discussing her handshake strategy… Video, Audio

Dion Neems says his family has once again been let down by Gisborne District Council and Waste Management after refuse trucks operated outside his home on Tuesday afternoon as school children walked… Video, Audio

Pressure is on Otago University proctor Dave Scott to resign tonight after he entered a Dunedin flat without permission and confiscated three bongs. Video, Audio

A New Zealand volunteer medical team has just returned from Fiji after performing life-saving surgeries on 14 babies and young children in the Pacific. Anna Thomas went with them. Video, Audio

A Victoria University student wasn't allowed to return to her student accommodation after trying to take her own life, because the university deemed the hall environment wasn't conducive to her… Video, Audio

Social workers expecting to receive a 30 percent pay rise say it's been a long time coming, but they're pleased they're finally being recognised for the responsibilities and long hours in what's a… Video, Audio

Derek Handley will be paid out $107,000 by the government after it withdrew its job offer. But instead of pocketing it, he plans to donate it to the Spark foundation. Its chair Andrew Pirie spoke to… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has previously told Parliament she didn't respond to a text from Derek Handley about the CTO role, but communications show she did. National leader Simon Bridges is… Video, Audio

Otago University's proctor Dave Scott is under siege for unlawfully entering a student flat and confiscating bongs. He says it happened only once, but other students say he also did the same to them.

National has called out the coalition Government's handling of the Meka Whaitiri incident, saying under Parliamentary privilege that there should be more information about accusations the MP left… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered a speech at a peace summit, appeared on the Today show and met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, all in one day. But her daughter Neve also stole the… Video, Audio

Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig is back in court in round two of his battle against former press secretary Rachel MacGregor. Audio

A partner at law firm Russell McVeagh has been banned from the office while an investigation is underway into inappropriate comments they allegedly made while attending a client event. NZ Law Society… Audio

The owner of a Carterton property at the centre of a school decontamination scare on Friday says the situation has been blown out of proportion and a gastro bug is more likely to have made pupils… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has arrived in New York, where she has rejected US President's Donald Trump's plan to escalate the war on drugs, while also re-stating New Zealand's support for the Iran… Video, Audio

Victoria University's council this afternoon voted 9-2 to change its name to University of Wellington - dropping the reference to the former monarch. Video, Audio