Tessa Guest

A Wellington woman whose parked car was smashed up by a passing bus is furious at the response she got from the bus company.

Buses collided with 88 parked cars in the city, in the first nine months… Audio

Wicked winds are whipping the upper North Island this morning, bringing relentless rain to Northland, Coromandel and Te Tairāwhiti.

Orange, heavy rain warnings, are in force for those areas with 29… Audio

Christmas is coming, and with borders open at long last, this year finally marks the return of the international holiday season.

Airports are set to be packed to the brim, with Flight Centre bookings… Audio

One hundred and thirty people have been evacuated from a coastal campground north of Christchurch at Pegasus Beach, after a wildfire took hold last night.

The fire started about 8 o'clock and… Audio

Aotearoa's space industry is impatient to get its hands on a $16 million boost from the government.

The sector is already worth $1.6 billion and employs 12,000 people, but industry leaders says more… Audio

Six former Gloriavale women are trying to prove they were employees not volunteers when they lived in the Christian community on the South Island's West Coast.

Gloriavale's leaders deny that the… Audio

Some shoppers are already turning their back on the big two supermarket chains - well before new moves aimed at reducing the hold they have.

A Commerce Commission report revealed in May that… Audio

Metservice forecasts that the rain will ease over Christchurch today, as residents asses the extent of flood damage, and start to clean up.

Slips, school closures, and widespread surface flooding hit… Audio

Council staff are out near Ashburton this morning as river levels continue to rise with warnings vulnerable areas could flood.

Environment Canterbury says rivers and streams will peak this afternoon… Audio

Māori organisations across the country are working to get whānau into their own homes. 

The latest census data shows just 31 percent of Māori own homes, compared to 58 percent of Pākehā. 

Hundreds… Audio

A group of 60 survivors of the Christchurch mosque attack are leaving on Wednesday for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Saudi Arabia king originally invited the group in 2019 after the… Audio

The young Timaru driver who killed five teenage boys when he crashed into a power pole last year is starting a two and half year prison sentence the grieving families say is not enough.

Tyreese… Audio

A 37 year-old Christchurch man will appear in court on Monday charged with the murder of a woman in a random stabbing on Saturday afternoon.

RNZ reporter Tessa Guest has been to the suburb of… Audio

Korora, or little blue penguins, are at increasing risk as weather patterns change and sea temperatures rise. In recent months, masses of the birds have washed up on North Island beaches… Audio

June is International Pride month and the chance to celebrate the Rainbow community.

But a new group is also coming together to fight the discrimination and other systemic issues they face.

Research… Audio

Student side-hustles are on the rise, with markets to sell handmade products being held in backyards, unused warehouses and on university campuses.

Students are also taking to social media to attract… Audio

Christchurch has a big bill to contend with, if it still wants the multi-use stadium that's been in the works since the earthquakes 11 years ago.

The problem-plagued project has blown out another… Video, Audio

Locals living in the stench in Christchurch's Bromley feel a bit ripped off by the council's financial aid.

Christchurch City council is promising to spend a million dollars to give some relief to… Audio