Aroha in the moana: Meet NZ’s cutest freediving couple

Aroha in the moana: Meet NZ’s cutest...

Freedivers Reremoana and Dion have built their love along the seabed of Tairāwhiti/Gisborne.

Covid update: Vaccine rollout for children could begin in January; 83 people in hospital

What you need to know about Christopher Luxon, the new leader of the National Party

Iwi urging travellers to stay home this summer

What Aotearoa can learn about sustainable fisheries in Iceland

Traffic light system: Auckland, Northland and parts of central North Island will be red, rest of NZ...

Your fear of sharks is irrational but not your fault

Learning we are not alone | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai | Ep 10

‘I felt pressured to go to uni’: Better career advice for teenagers could prevent dropouts

Judith Collins loses National leadership: the drama explained in 7 quotes

5 lessons from interviewing 100 indigenous wāhine

Countdown essential workers strike, asking for wages to match rising cost of living

Climate change splitting up albatross couples

Foreshore and Seabed: an explainer on the biggest protest Aotearoa has seen

Tikanga is crucial to our response to the climate crisis

NZ will move to traffic light system on December 3

Experts answer: When is it safe to fuck strangers under the Covid-19 traffic light system

Māori youth are capturing climate change through photos

LGBTQIA+ competency questions now included in medical school interviews

COVEN’s Moe Laga on running away from home and finding her family | Eating Fried Chicken in the...

Police help woman ‘held hostage’ by possum

Ngāti Toa iwi tells anti-vax protestors to stop using Ka Mate haka

World’s largest climate conference ends with watered-down pledge to ‘phase down’ coal

Covid Update: Booster shots available in two weeks

I opened a new business during a pandemic | Side by Side

Students are suing the Government for oil and gas exploration in Taranaki

Five Aucklanders tell us about shopping IRL after 84 days in lockdown

All primary and high school students back to class in Auckland and Waikato from Nov 17

A disinformation researcher on all the Nazi signs at the Wellington anti-vax protest

NZ’s list of top climate polluting companies revealed

The Fan Brigade’s Amanda Kennedy: ‘I refuse to feel shame’ | Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower

‘We are not drowning, we are fighting’: powerful indigenous speeches from the global climate...

Assisted dying is now legal in NZ. New show 'The Pact' helps prepare us for that conversation

I tried polyamory. My fiancée left me for the other guy

Short deadlines or no deadlines are the best, long deadlines the worst, research shows

Dating lessons we can all learn from Netflix's Love on the Spectrum

Traditional Sāmoan medicinal plant found to be as effective as ibuprofen

Rangatahi react to eating toroi (fermented mussels and pūhā) for the first time

‘I had a massive identity crisis’: Joe Daymond on his return to Aotearoa | Eating Fried Chicken in...

New Zealand’s first te reo Māori road signs get the go-ahead

Bat wins Bird of the Year 2021 by a landslide

I’m 27 and Covid-19 gave me a heart and lung condition: Living with Long Covid

Manifesting summer from South Auckland's front yards in lockdown: in photos

Rangatahi react to eating kānga pirau (rotten corn) for the first time

Dealing with praise and validation with Roseanne Liang and Perlina Lau | Eating Fried Chicken in...

Festival drug-checking services will now receive government funding

Cases are high and school is back: We asked seniors how they are feeling

‘I’m using petrol until it runs out’: The problem with car culture in NZ

For the rest of the year Pasifika women work for free because of the pay gap

New report reveals which clothing brands are unsustainable

NZ's secret 1970s queer scene: photos by Fiona Clark

Brian Tamaki appears in court as supporters shout 'let him go'

Rangatahi react to eating tītī (muttonbird) for the first time

Senior high school students in level 3 back at school next week. Exams to go ahead

Sound and energy healing with Ngaronoa and Komako | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai | Ep 9

The five pillars of whare kōrero | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai | Ep 8

SWIDT: 'Crying is a form of healing' | Eating Fried Chicken in the Shower

28-year-old arrested over Auckland's North Shore lockdown party

Learn about yoga and the mindfulness pillars with Destiny | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai | Ep 7

Learn about te hā, the breath, with Kristina | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai | Ep 6

Young New Zealanders are learning more about their finances from TikTok and YouTube than from school

‘Laughing helps’: @jordynwitha_why on combating racism with humour

Let's talk about: Why Covid-19 is different from the flu

Let’s talk about: How vaccines prevent more mutations of Covid-19

Let’s talk about: How effective is the Covid vaccine, really?

Let's talk about: Why most Covid cases aren't vaccinated

Let’s talk about: Why the Covid-19 vaccine is safe even though it was made quickly

Why the end of Sydney’s 107-day lockdown matters to Aotearoa

‘Bullshit and hot air’: Why climate campaigners are angry about Emissions Reduction plan

Inside mau rākau, the Māori martial art

Covid update: 55 new cases in the community, 53 in Auckland, 2 in Waikato

Brian Tamaki pleads not guilty over anti-lockdown protest

Vapes just make vaping more common, don’t decrease smoking rates, research shows

'It wasn’t just the dawn raids': 4 Pacific men talk about mental health and racism in NZ | Eating...

Covid update: 43 new cases. 19 unlinked to outbreak

Stirfryboyz x Taebz share a song for your next late-night drive through the city

Covid-19 update: Auckland, Waikato and Northland to stay at Alert Level 3

Made My Day: Bats swoop in to disrupt NZ’s Bird of the Year race

'All the girls are your cousins': life as a teen in the Far North

Covid update: 60 new cases. Most in Auckland.

Covid update: 34 new community cases, Northland in alert level 3

Māori given pills for chronic pain instead of proper health treatment, research shows

Covid Update: 44 new cases in the community, 3 in Waikato, 41 in Auckland

Made My Day: Māori filmmaker Merata Mita immortalised by street artist Mr G

Covid Update: 29 new cases - 24 in Auckland, 5 in Waikato

A Māori health nurse shares how she makes 25% less than DHB nurses | Show Us Your Money

Mai FM host Tegan Yorwarth talks body image, anxiety and balance | Eating Fried Chicken in the...

Covid Update: 39 new cases and 1 death

Brian Tamaki summoned to court for anti-lockdown protest at Auckland Domain

Why this young wahine founded an organisation to help rangatahi in need

Covid-19 Update: Vaccine certificates announced for the lead-up to summer

Here’s what we know about the Facebook outage this morning

Covid-19 Update: Auckland to stay in level 3, with new rules starting Tuesday 11:59PM

NZ has the highest trust in scientists out of 12 countries including the US, UK, and Australia...

Covid update: 2 cases identified outside of Auckland in Waikato

Covid update: 27 new community cases

Helping rangatahi Māori take care of their mental wellbeing

10 people tell us the best piece of mental health advice they have ever received

Why Dr Bloomfield is warning us about Long Covid

Planning a terror attack will become a criminal offence after counter-terrorism bill passes final...

We all know about healthy body image, but still feel shit about our bodies

Covid update - Cases drop back to 19 today, after yesterday’s spike

Systemic change needed at Oranga Tamariki to empower whānau and communities

The 3rd-fittest teen on earth, CrossFit champion Hikooterangi Curtis, shares how to stay healthy in...

‘I could have been her, or could be next time’. A disability researcher on Lena Zhang Harrap’s death

Thousands of women injured during childbirth will be covered by ACC under proposed changes

Covid update: 8 new cases, all in Auckland

New Zealand needs 1,000 more psychologists, and it’s hurting people

Covid update: 12 new cases, all in Auckland

This new mindfulness series gives rangatahi the tools for survival

Learn hīkoi aroā mindful walking with Manu | Mānawa Maiea te Atawhai l Ep 2

'I went from having nothing, to having something.' Homeless rangatahi on being housed during...

Covid update: 18 new cases in the community, all in Auckland

Rā Lives in a Van | My Life in 3 Minutes

Covid Update: 16 new cases, all in Auckland

A youth worker shows us a day in their life helping homeless rangatahi in Auckland

Covid update: 9 new cases - all are linked to existing cases

Made My Day: Penguin couple celebrate 24 happy years together in Auckland

Covid update: 15 new cases, all in Auckland

Homelessness is not just living on the streets: 5 housing workers explain why

In photos: The freedom of growing up in the Hokianga on horseback

Covid update: 23 new cases today

How Waiata Anthems helped these artists find te reo Māori

I live in a motel. There are no houses for my disabled daughter and me

Covid update: 14 new cases, including one in Upper Hauraki

Cheap rent, compromise and stigma: What it's like living with your parents in your 30s

Covid update: Auckland will move to level 3 at 11.59pm Tuesday

Two generations discuss their journeys with te reo Māori

Covid update: 24 new community cases

Sonny Ngatai on the history of Māori language revitalisation

Sex workers can claim the wage subsidy in NZ. But stigma means many are too afraid to do so

Covid update: 20 new cases, all in Auckland

What do we want for te reo Māori?

‘Learning Te Reo helped me form a deeper connection to my Sri Lankan heritage’

Covid update: 11 new cases, all in Auckland

‘I don’t want rangatahi to have to fight for our reo’: 6 people on their hopes for te reo Māori

‘35’ by Ka Hao feat Rob Ruha is the TikTok anthem of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

‘Nau mai te rekareka’: We’ve got some sexy reo Māori for you

Covid update: 13 new cases. Outbreak total 996.

Made My Day: Jacinda Ardern wants your help naming our vaccination buses

I spent the last year reclaiming te reo Māori full time. Here’s what I learnt

Covid update: 14 new cases today.

‘You’re not going to get a job in te reo Māori’: 3 people who proved this wrong

Covid update: 15 new cases

Covid update: Auckland to remain in Level 4 for another week

Meet the artist behind our Te Wiki o te Reo Māori images: Pounamu Wharekawa

Affirmations for when you need a reminder of your connection to Te Reo Māori

Welcome to Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Covid Update: 20 new cases, 500,000 Pfizer doses arriving from Denmark

Covid update: 23 new cases. All in Auckland.

With op shop prices on the rise, second hand clothing becomes controversial

83% of trans or non-binary people have the incorrect gender on their birth certificate. A proposed...

NZ has so many cows. Why do we import millions of tonnes of dairy?

Covid update: 11 new cases today as officials investigate any possible missing links between cases.

When do we call an attacker a terrorist? We asked three experts

Covid Update: 13 new community cases today all in Auckland

80% of future jobs will require maths and sciences, skills NZ is lacking

Two thirds of dairy farmers report mental health issues. They tell us why

Covid update: 15 new cases as everywhere apart from Auckland settles into level 2.

Covid update: 21 new cases. Outbreak total now at 841.

Covid update: Whole country except Auckland moving to alert level 2 at 11.59pm tomorrow

The leading cause of death during pregnancy in NZ is suicide. Over half those women are Māori

Covid update: 20 new cases. 38 in hospital.

Family of terrorist attacker condemn what happened and offer support to victims

Total of 7 people injured in terrorist attack. 3 in critical condition.

Covid Update: One death, 20 new community cases

Six people in hospital, attacker shot dead by Police, after terrorist attack in West Auckland...

Pūtiki Bay protectors still waiting for explanation over Police lockdown eviction

Covid update: 28 new cases in the community

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Lockdown has helped fuel the second hand shopping industry

Lockdown can mean riskier drug use. Here's some advice to handle that

Covid update: Northland will move to alert level 3 at midnight tonight.

To celebrate 50 years of Te Matatini kapa haka festival, we're making an album of the greatest...

Covid update: 75 new community cases, all but 1 are in Auckland. All over 12s eligible for vaccine.

Five pieces of evidence that prove the world isn't shit during lockdown

I have a 50% chance of inheriting a fatal disease. Should I take the test to find out my future?

Covid update: 49 new community cases, all in Auckland. 33 people now in hospital.

If someone has a 50% chance of passing a fatal disease onto their children, should they have kids?

We asked how a decile 1 and 10 school cope during lockdown

Covid Update: Auckland remains in alert level 4 for two more weeks

Covid update: 83 new community cases

Covid update: 82 new cases today

Explainer: Was NZ’s vaccine rollout actually too slow?

Covid update: Auckland and Northland remain in level 4, rest of country to drop to level 3 next...

OnlyFans has decided not to ban porn, after backlash from sex workers

How misusing ethnicity contributes to anti-Pacific racism and victim blaming

Covid Update: 68 new community cases, bringing total case count to 277

10 reo Māori phrases to get you through lockdown

Covid update: 62 new community cases. Total case count now at 210.

‘It’s a fucking slap in the face’: NZ sex workers respond to OnlyFans banning porn

Police ask Protect Pūtiki protesters to leave their bubble

Covid update: 41 new community cases in Auckland and Wellington. Total cases now 148.

With Delta spreading, should young people kiss their OE goodbye?

Covid update: 35 new community cases

Covid update: Signing in to be mandatory

NZ has around 19,000 homeless young people. Lockdown leaves them vulnerable to abuse and harm

Covid update: 21 new community cases

Now you're in lockdown, here's three Re: series you can binge

Why you can still catch Covid while vaccinated

Retail workers frustrated they’re selling champagne flutes and fake plants during lockdown

Lorde gave us a lockdown treat: her new album Solar Power is out

Here's 6 Re: stories to distract yourself from Covid

Covid update: Level 4 in place everywhere until 11.59pm Tuesday 24 August

Five AUT students tell us about having a positive case on campus

Covid update: 21 Covid cases in the community

Former political candidate Billy Te Kahika arrested in anti-lockdown protest

A list of things we panic bought before lockdown last night

Why wearing a mask can help stop Delta spreading

Fighting Delta: what you need to know about this Covid-19 variant

Covid update: A further two community cases have been identified

New Zealand to go into a snap level 4 lockdown at 11.59pm tonight

Mother and daughter talk about the power of intergenerational vision | He Kākano Ahau: Wawatatia...

NZ’s two biggest bread companies are phasing out plastic bag clips

Dairy can’t manage its crap, but innovative farmers are trying to fix that

Finding whanaungatanga in the South

How playing really loud music on Auckland’s streets is bridging gang divides

Only 37% of young NZers think life is fair, compared to 54% of boomers

NZ plans to phase in open borders from 2022 after vaccine has been rolled out

Meet the NZ director behind ‘one of the year's most messed up movies’, Coming Home in the Dark

New regulation to stop teenagers vaping comes into force today

Māori voters can only switch electoral rolls once every 5 years. Is it time for a change?

Breaking down the huge UN new climate change report: it's grim

Overcoming the shame of being Māori but not speaking te reo | He Kākano Ahau: Wawatatia | Episode 6

Our dairy industry kills 2 million calves a year, but they don’t have to

What do you look for in a partner, and do you even have those qualities yourself?

Tuatara may have the fastest sperm ever seen in reptiles, a study suggests.

‘I didn’t want sex without drugs, and I used drugs to find sex’

National wants a referendum on the use of Aotearoa

I’m a pro golfer. I want to inspire other Māori on the world stage

How NZ’s housing crisis is a human rights failure from government

Calves, cows, and shit on the face: My week as a dairy farmer

An original Polynesian Panther meets a young Pacific advocate I Dawn Raids' Apology

Less than half of NZ teens live with both their biological parents, study finds

Conversion therapy will be banned, with sentence of up to 5 years’ imprisonment

New Instagram settings designed to protect younger users

'It’s everything': 11 wāhine tell us about their relationship to te reo Māori

Māoriland: the creative hub empowering story sovereignty

Young people are less likely to know their consumer rights

Survivors of abuse in care share stories at Pacific inquiry hearing

Why we made Milk and Money, our documentary series about dairy

Mahinga Kai - He Kākano Ahau: Wawatatia, Series 2 | Episode 4

The NZ government will repatriate a woman allegedly linked with ISIS

Growing up trans in rural NZ: My first school ball

We asked 8 rangatahi about their thoughts on racism

The impact of dairy on our freshwater | Milk and Money | Episode 2

Why our dairy cows produce more emissions than our cars | Milk and Money | Episode 4

Our soil quality has been declining for decades. Dairy is making it worse | Milk and Money...

Why we may not need cows to make milk | Milk and Money | Episode 6

Trans-Tasman bubble suspended for 8 weeks

People with disabilities experience significantly higher rates of violence, research shows

From antidepressants to clueless partners: Women tell us about struggling to orgasm

America’s Cup loss totalled $156m, with Covid and a lack of superyachts blamed

Why world champion rower Zoe McBride walked away from the Olympics

What is going on at Pūtiki Bay on Waiheke Island?

Toa the orca’s prolonged separation causing concerns among animal experts

Ahi Kōmau - He Kākano Ahau: Wawatatia, Series 2 | Episode 3:

Hundreds evacuated in South Island after a weekend of severe rain and flooding

Olympic surfer Billy Stairmand shows us his life in three minutes | My Life in Three

Chants, cheers, and a vogue circle - the Wellington trans rights protest in photos

A near-fatal accident gave me the courage to tell my family I was trans

Parts of the Amazon now emitting more carbon than they absorb

A billboard in Wellington was part of a ‘dehumanising’ campaign against trans people, activists say

In photos: What men feeling safe to be sensual looks like

Comedian Eli Matthewson talks orgasms, babies and lost dreams | Comedians Cook

Over half of psychologists have scrapped their waiting lists because they are too long

Reclamation - He Kākano Ahau: Wawatatia, Series 2 | Episode 2:

Checking your phone at work just makes you more bored, study finds

Folic acid will now be added to bread to help prevent birth defects

‘It's hard without your family’: Teens tell us about living on Auckland's streets

We asked 8 rangatahi about education in Aotearoa

Critically-ill people with Cystic Fibrosis will now have free access to life-saving drug

Puoro in the City - He Kakano Ahau, Series 2 | Episode 1

The fight to save kauri with mātauranga Māori

Health care structures entrenching poor outcomes for Pasifika must change, new report finds

Teaching urban Māori lost skills of how to gather kaimoana safely

Restaurants stop service in protest of ongoing staff problems

Taonga puoro were almost lost, now these wāhine are taking the revival to a new generation

Should straight people go to gay bars | School for Straights

300 lawyers are suing the Climate Change Commission for not doing enough

Matariki public holiday dates announced for the next 30 years

75% of young people in detention facilities have not yet been sentenced

We asked 8 rangatahi about gender in te ao Māori

Jacinda Ardern says hate speech laws won’t stop anyone calling Judith Collins a Karen

Most NZers believe misinformation is becoming more common

On the street: When did you send your first nude?

Protection for minority groups and tougher penalties under proposed changes to hate speech laws

Behind the scenes at one of the first kura with new NCEA subject, Te Ao Haka

Cotton buds, meat trays and plastic forks to go with new plastic ban

Covid-19 Updates: June 2021

Comedian Brendon Green blames his mum for failed self-saucing pudding

The awkward relationship between art and money | Disruptors Live | Ep 8

For Matariki, my whānau held a hautapu ceremony for the first time

NZ households throw out $23 of food a week each

From nangs to comedowns, here's 10 stories about drugs

New Zealand is sending two satellites to Mars

A scientist tells us where to find NZ’s secret glaciers

Covid vaccine dates announced for everyone (else)

I started one of NZ’s first Discord drug servers at 18

My morning with an illustrator, ceramicist and fashion designer

Rangatahi preserving the art forms of their tūpuna

Meet the mind behind Aldous Harding's weirdest music videos

Māori, disabled and sexually diverse people more likely to be victims of crime

Talking to a dark web drug dealer who got caught

New resource helps Christian schools support rainbow students

This man is facing deportation because of his disability

The Government will apologise for the Dawn Raids

Two people who need medicinal cannabis: one legally, one on the black market | Side by Side

How microdosing mushrooms can help mental health

“Dreams come with a price tag”: South Auckland students on picking a career path

“She’s sexy, playful, feral, and free” - Lorde’s back with new music...

What if we decriminalised all drugs | Let Me Explain

Comedowns are the worst, but they don’t have to be

10 out of 18 freshwater taonga struggling to survive

Talking to the brave people who asked their dealers for refunds

The FBI made an app that tricked thousands of drug dealers around the world, including NZ

'Cannabis sommelier' is an actual job. Here's what they do.

Māori may have been exploring Antarctica as far back as the seventh century

Nangs to the door: the curious rise of NZ’s ‘whipped cream’ industry

Covid is not even halfway through...so don’t expect open borders soon

Meet the spice freaks competing at the NZ Chilli Eating Championship

1 in 3 students facing housing deprivation had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year

Tā moko and facing racism in Aotearoa

Women are paid $60,000 less than men working as chartered accountants, a new survey finds

This man has spent 40 years looking for a probably extinct bird

These paranormal investigators go looking for a ghost