Australia
The Week in Detail: Charities, citizenship, and the Pacific Islands Forum
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioPaving the way to Australian citizenship
The new Australian prime minister is keen, so will Kiwis' rights across the Tasman finally be brought in line with Aussies' rights here? Audio
Paving the way to Australian citizenship
The new Australian prime minister is keen, so will Kiwis' rights across the Tasman finally be brought in line with Aussies' rights here?
AudioPacific leaders must protect sovereign digital rights
When Pacific leaders meet next week for the Pacific Islands Forum summit, they need to drastically overhaul their regional E-Commerce Strategy.
Religious group members appear in court over Australian child's death
Twelve members of a religious group charged with murder over the death of a girl in Queensland have all been remanded in custody after appearing in court today.
Australia: Flooding continues, NZ PM in Oz - again
Today's correspondent is Annika Smethurst in Australia, where there's been no let up in the rain falling in southern parts of New South Wales - what further help might be on offer for communities that… Audio
'Bunker down': More wild weather on way for Sydney, NSW as flood crisis continues
Authorities are warning people in Sydney, the Hunter, Illawarra and several other regional areas to brace for more wild weather, as NSW endures yet another flooding emergency.
Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
Sydney based correspondent Brad Foster has the latest on the deluges across the city, with many suburbs recording a month's worth of rain over a few days. He also talks about the Wallabies beating… Audio
Thousands told to flee 'life-threatening' weather in Sydney
Thousands of people are told to leave their homes across Sydney, with scores of people rescued from rising floodwaters in the escalating weather event.
After submarine row, Macron tells Australian PM he wants to focus on future
French President Emmanuel Macron told new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese he wanted to focus on the future as they try to rebuild relations badly strained by his predecessor.
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's the end of our week so let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Allan Clarke on The Bowraville Murders: A 30-year fight for justice
Thirty years ago three children disappeared from the same street in a small town in New South Wales. They became known as the Bowraville Three: Sixteen-year-olds Colleen Walker-Craig and Clinton… Video, Audio
China in Pacific top of agenda as Wong meets Mahuta
China's creeping influence in the Pacific was front-and-centre as the New Zealand and Australian foreign ministers met in Wellington today.
It was the first official sit-down between Nanaia Mahuta… Audio
RNZ Pacific News Briefs for Tuesday 14 June 2022
Cook Islanders off to the polls in August; Samoa still recording significant Covid numbers; Marine Le Pen's votes sought in New Caledonia; Fiji students owe hundreds of millions in unpaid loans; hopes…
Norfolk frets as Canberra prepares to impose huge levy increases
Norfolk Islanders are petitioning the Australian federal government to stop increases to land rates and waste management being proposed by the Canberra appointed administration on the island.
Australia: Ardern visit, energy crisis, Rebel outing
Correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about Jacinda Ardern's visit to meet Australia's new Prime Minister, who was sympathetic to Kiwi concerns over deportees but offered no commitment… Audio
Australia PM says China should lift trade sanctions, welcomes talks
Australia's prime minister Anthony Albanese says China needs to lift its sanctions on Australia to improve relations as he welcomed the first talks between ministers from the two countries in almost…
Plea for Australia to end refugee warehousing in Indonesia
A refugee advocacy group wants Australia to rethink its destructive refugee arrangement with Indonesia as the new Canberra government looks to improve relations with Jakarta.
New Zealander wins appeal against deportation from Australia
A New Zealand woman placed in abusive Australian foster care has won an appeal against deportation from Australia.
Albanese heads overseas, appoints Minister for the 'Republic'
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's first foreign trips - one to Tokyo for the Quad meeting and another to Indonesia. What does this… Audio
