In a couple of hours NZ Rugby is holding what's being described as the most important meeting of its kind in the game's professional history. It will vote on their governance structure, in response to ...

Te Kahui Raraunga - the Data Iwi Leaders Group - want to expand its role in the census, after a successful trial in parts of Northland, Gisborne and the eastern Bay of Plenty. The group's chair Rahui ...

On today's First Up pod: we catch up on international news where the UK is fully in election campaigning and a war raging in ...

Auckland's flagship store Smith and Caughey's is likely to close its doors forever next year after 144 years of trading. On top of Wednesday's shock announcement - a cyber-attack locked all of its ...

Compulsory Shakespeare and grammar lessons will feature in the new look secondary school English curriculum. Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen.

The cleanup is under way in Auckland and parts of the upper North Island after a battering from severe gales last night. Reporter Rayssa Almeida spoke to Ingrid ...

Operations are being postponed while junior doctors and nearly 300 Blood Service laboratory workers take industrial action. Its chief people officer Andrew Slater spoke to Corin Dann.

Thousands of people are expected to turn up to protests this morning contesting the government's policies. RNZ's Maori news editor Taiha Molyneux is at the Hobsonville 'carkoi' - or hikoi on wheels.

New Zealanders find out this afternoon just how much they'll pocket from the coalition's tax cuts. RNZ political reporter Anneke Smith has more.

Palmerston North's controversial cycleway continues to cause controversy, at least one business has moved due to the new road design as Jimmy Ellingham reports.

In Euro news - there have been police raids at the European Parliament in the Hague - Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest ...

Junior doctors are starting strike action again today, and on Friday 290 blood service workers are off the job for four hours, with a 24 hour strike planned for June.