By RNZ Single-use produce bags are to be phased out by Countdown - the first New Zealand supermarket chain to do so.The bags have not been provided at the new Metro Herne Bay store which opened last week. And from July 25,... Read...
Live updates of the rugby test between Japan and France in Toyota. Japan will face an important milestone in its preparation for next year`s Rugby World Cup on Saturday when it faces Cup hosts France in the first of two... Read...
The All Blacks` 2022 season kicks off tonight with the first Test against Ireland at Eden Park. Follow all the on-field action with a live blog from Jamie Wall. Read...
Follow all the action from the All Blacks` clash against Ireland at Eden Park. What`s on? All Blacks v Ireland, the opening test in a three-match tour. Kicking off at 7.05pm, at Eden Park. What`s at stake? The... Read...
It is probably a point of pride for Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall – the expert in infectious diseases – to be able to outlast and outwit a very infectious disease. Thus far, she has succeeded - Verrall is among just... Read...
New Zealand`s largest chicken supplier is raising prices amid `ongoing cost pressures on the industry`. Tegel announced this afternoon the `roughly 10 per cent` price hike would begin from this month. It comes as annual food price... Read...
Israel Folau`s return to international rugby lasted only half an hour as his Tonga team were thrashed 36-0 by a clinical Fiji in their Pacific Nations Cup opener in Suva on Saturday. Read...
Covid cases from a new Omicron subvariant are doubling every week and could thrust New Zealand back to our March peak of about 25,000 daily infections, an expert says.Auckland University senior lecturer in computational evolution... Read...