Te Aniwa Hurihanganui

There are growing calls to return Kapiti Airport's land to mana whenua. The site was taken under the Public Works Act in 1939 to build an airport during World War Two. But instead of offering the land… Audio

ESR scientists are about to start testing sewage in the North and South Islands for traces of Covid-19.

They've been honing their skills and calibrating equipment at the Jet Park quarantine hotel. 

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Anxiety levels are rising in South Auckland, as the city prepares for the possibility of an extended period at Alert Level 3.

A food bank at Ngā Whare Waatea Marae in Mangere has received triple the… Audio

There are two new confirmed cases at cool store company Americold - one is a contractor who might have worked at more than one location.

That brings the total number of Americold staff with Covid-19… Audio

A border worker has raised serious concerns about the lack of health checks and safety protocols at the border.

Public health experts are outraged, saying the testing of border staff hasn't been… Audio

Cabinet Ministers are meeting this afternoon to decide the future of the country's alert level response to covid-19.

The country will find out at 5.30pm whether the level three lockdown in Auckland –… Audio

Covid-19 has spread outside of Auckland, with confirmed positive cases in the South Waikato town of Tokoroa.

RNZ's Sarah Robson spoke to Te Aniwa Hurihananui with the latest. Audio

Funeral directors in Auckland say they don't know what to tell whanau who are expecting a loved one to die or have a planned funeral or tangihanga service over the weekend. 

Under Alert Level 3 only… Audio

After years of lobbying successive governments, iwi on the East Coast have finally received funding and support to restore the dying Raukumara Forest. The government has invested 34 million dollars to… Audio

Oranga Tamariki's bosses are fronting up to the Waitangi Tribunal today. The tribunal's urgent inquiry into Oranga Tamariki, which in part seeks to find out why Māori are dispropotionately taken into… Audio

The fight to stop a major international company from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatāne has reached the High Court.

Ngāti Awa is appealing the Bay of… Audio

The fight to stop a major international company from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatane moves to the High Court in Rotorua today.

Ngāti Awa is appealing… Audio

Hundreds of opponents to a massive landfill earmarked for Auckland's Dome Valley marched through the centre of the city today to present a petition to mayor Phil Goff. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui and video… Video, Audio

Hundreds of opponents of a controversial rubbish dump proposal north of Auckland have been marching in protest through the city centre.

Waste Management has bought a block of Dome Valley land with… Audio

An old dump site in Te Araroa which has been spewing out rubbish into the Awatere river is now contained, but the situation has renewed calls from locals to have the dump removed from the area for… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Marine and Coastal Area Act breaches the Treaty of Waitangi and prejudicially affects Māori. 

The law replaced the controversial Foreshore and Seabed Act in 2011… Audio

Māori businesses have quickly gone from their best year of export sales on record - to their worst.

New figures show Māori authorities exported a whopping $741 million worth of products last year… Audio