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Ministry of Health press release, February 28, 2020

Covid-19: a timeline of one year of the coronavirus in New Zealand

365 days ago, the first positive Covid test was returned. Here's what's happened since.

By RNZ | 28th February, 2021

Mohamed Jama celebrates with members of the public outside Christchurch High Court. (Photo: Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images)

‘Even if you are detained until you die, it would not exhaust the requirements of punishment’

The man responsible for the murder of 51 people in a Christchurch mosque has been sentenced to life with no possibility of parole – the first sentence of its kind in NZ.

By RNZ | 27th August, 2020

Victims of the Christchurch terror attack. (Photo: RNZ)

You have not broken us: The voices of the Christchurch mosque attacks

The victims and families of those who died in the Christchurch mosque shootings tell their stories.

By RNZ | 27th August, 2020

Ihumātao protectors presenting a petition to the Prime Minister’s office asking her to visit the whenua. Image: Leonie Hayden

Ihumātao land protectors shut out of government talks

Occupiers of the disputed land at Ihumātao have been shut out of talks with the government about finding a resolution.

By RNZ | 17th October, 2019

Volunteers bending their backs to pick up rubbish along the banks of the Fox River, in the West Coast (Image: Radio NZ)

Beyond Fox River: Huge disasters still likely from old dumps

Have we actually learned anything from this environmental disaster?

By RNZ | 11th August, 2019

Twenty-five dollars and a dream – the Tapu Te Ranga Marae story

Twenty-five dollars and a dream – the Tapu Te Ranga Marae story

Earlier this morning, reports emerged that the beloved Tapu Te Ranga Marae in Wellington had burnt to the ground.

By RNZ | 9th June, 2019

Yama Nabi is back at work at the meatworks, working with carcasses and wrestling with flashbacks (Photo: Dan Cook/RNZ)

Christchurch families desperate as Victim Support holds onto donated millions

People too traumatised by the Christchurch mosque attacks to work want to know why Victim Support is holding onto millions donated to the city's Muslim community while they struggle, write Veronica Schmidt and Max Towle for RNZ.

By RNZ | 5th May, 2019

Red Cross nurse Louisa Akavi, who was captured by Islamic State in 2013 (Supplied / International Committee of the Red Cross)

Who is Louisa Akavi? The ISIS captive’s lifetime of service

Reports broke this morning that a New Zealand Red Cross nurse had been captured by ISIS militants in Syria in 2013, and she had been held in captivity ever since.

By RNZ | 15th April, 2019

TL:DR: The Tax Working Group’s recommendations for changing taxation

TL:DR: The Tax Working Group’s recommendations for changing taxation

The Tax Working Group's recommendations on changes to the New Zealand tax system have been released. These are the main recommendations, according to RNZ.

By RNZ | 21st February, 2019

Pedestrians, scooter and bike riders on the northwestern cycleway. Photo: RNZ / Rowan Quinn

Cyclists 1, children 0: School abandons walking bus on ‘dangerous’ shared path

It's supposed to be a shared path, but the Northwestern Cycleway has been deemed too dangerous for a local school's walking bus, reports Rowan Quinn for Radio NZ.

By RNZ | 20th February, 2019