18+ hour, 57+ min ago   (845+ words) The Vanuatu ferry disaster has exposed a critical gap in how weather warnings are turned into action across the Pacific, according to the country's top meteorologist. MV Matui, Vanuatu's inter-island ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (669+ words) People learning te reo Māori should not let the fear of getting it wrong stop them from using the language, Māori Language Commission chair Professor Rawinia Higgins says. With Te Wiki o te Reo Māori taking place from 14-20 September, Higgins…...

1+ day, 45+ min ago   (586+ words) Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing after a ferry capsized in rough seas on Sunday, with one survivor recounting scenes of panic as passengers scrambled for life jackets. The Virgo Transport 8 - which…...

1+ day, 27+ min ago   (354+ words) Turkish authorities have detained at least 47 people following a series of raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ associations in a probe into prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government says is aimed…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (960+ words) In a new five-part bilingual podcast for RNZ, Eugene Bingham, Adam Dudding and James Dansey find themselves surrounded by te reo Māori. Along the rail corridor, through the backcountry, and past backyards where kunekune pigs roll about in the dust,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (737+ words) An Australian pilot who helped locate survivors after a ferry disaster in Vanuatu says "it is a miracle anyone survived". After the ferry MV Matui sank in rough seas on Friday morning, more than 30 people remain missing. The ferry departed…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (166+ words) The Pre-Panel: Your daily dose of stuff and nonsense Wallace Chapman and Jesse Mulligan star in the shortest show on radio, where they show they really can make something out of nothing, join them to be part of their delight,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (657+ words) A piece of fossilised dinosaur poo contains one of the best-preserved feathers from the dinosaur age. A palaeontologist found the feather by chance while looking for fish fossils. Lead author Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at the Field…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (424+ words) The death toll from a fire that erupted on Thursday on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked in a Chinese port has risen to 25, including five people who had been listed as missing, state media said. The bulk carrier, moored in…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (286+ words) An Israeli strike in Gaza on Thursday (all times local) killed a family of four including two children, Palestinian hospital and security sources said. "The bodies of four members of the Ahmad family were recovered in pieces after an Israeli…...