The University of Waikato has proposed cutting 12 mostly senior roles from its management school because of $3 million revenue losses.

More than 430,000 animals were used or bred for scientific research in New Zealand in the last year data is available for, and an animal rights group says it's not good enough that the numbers are not decreasing.

The mayor of Central Otago says he hopes his region will see some of the benefits of the Amazon Lord of the Rings series that has begun filming in New Zealand.

Polyfest 2021 has wrapped up with a full day of performances and prizes. See all the best photos of the day from RNZ's Mabel Muller here.

New Zealand film director and playwright Toa Fraser has revealed he has Young Onset Parkinson's Disease.

Work will start on the revamp of Auckland's Queen Street at the beginning of next month.

Rainbow young people are still facing higher rates of stigma and discrimination than their peers, according to new research.

The death of killer Dunedin doctor Venod Skantha has forced a review of how courts communicate with prisons.

A terminally ill New Zealander who had to fight for an emergency spot in managed isolation has died in Christchurch.

A truck driver who was laid off after the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown has won close to $14,000 in compensation and lost wages.

A long-mooted arterial route for Queenstown has been approved for a fast-tracked consent and work could start on the multimillion-dollar project before the end of the year.

A group representing the water sector hopes the findings of a report into lead contamination in East Otago results in better monitoring and regulation.

Four-time world champion shot putter Dame Valerie Adams has received her first Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland this morning.

Engineers say the land under Taihape's area school is stable enough to build another school on - a decade after chronic watertightness and infrastructure issues were exposed in new buildings.

The police have introduced a specialist Firearms Investigation Team as gang tensions escalate across the country.

A hospitality worker says the workplace culture for her industry needs to change and workers should stay connected to achieve that.

Competition was in full swing on the Day 3 of Polyfest 2021 as the action turned up with stage performances from Tonga, Samoa and Niue and a surprise visit from the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Drains on the power grid from the transition to electric vehicles may be offset as lines company Vector expands a promising trial.