The government's cost of living payment has seen eligible New Zealanders receive a welcome bump to their finances this week, but who is eligible and how can people make sure they get their cash? RNZ is here to clear it all up.

It may seem like a friendly outing for an animal lover, but taking a domestic moggie on a walk about in one of our national parks could have catastrophic consequences.

The Earth has recorded its personal best time for a single rotation and scientists are now theorising that it may have been caused by the melting polar ice caps.

Aotearoa New Zealand has just endured its wettest - and fourth warmest - July ever, NIWA says.

Some residents who are enduring the stench from Bromley's wastewater plant want the Christchurch City Council to pay for paint discolouration which is affecting their properties.

The world's first art gallery in a campervan is the star turn of the Coastal Arts Trail which is being launched in Taranaki today.

An Auckland mayoral candidate wants to turn abandoned air raid shelters into a tourist attraction.

The coastal road providing the main access to Māhia Peninsula is slowly dropping into the sea, leaving one concerned resident wondering what plan of action is to be taken.

Granity residents have been called to a surprise briefing after the Buller District Council commissioned a geological report on landslide risk following a heavy rainfall event in February.

For the first time Aotearoa has a long-term strategy to deal with the effects of climate change, but the government plan released today contains few answers to tough questions like who pays for what.

A father who deliberately drove off the road at 130km/h, killing his 6-year-old son in a fiery car crash, has today been jailed for five years.

Fire and Emergency is telling fire chiefs they should suspend volunteers facing serious criminal investigations, after a convicted child sex abuser was allowed to remain in a brigade.

Battered by repeated ram raids, many businesses are calling for more information on the government's $6 million crime prevention programme and where the money will go.

Candidate Tory Whanau will not be taking the posters, despite criticising a fellow candidate over early election advertising.

Pharmac is assuring significant changes to its systems and policies following a damning independent review of the agency.

The Ministry of Health is reporting 6440 new Covid-19 cases in the community today, and 704 hospitalisations including 11 in ICU.

The government never directly consulted with district health boards over whether it should offer international nurses the same "straight to residence" that migrant doctors will get.

Wellington cyclists claim they are taking their lives in their own hands riding around the Botanic Gardens - but there are fears a cycleway will be terrible for business and residents.