As was widely predicted the Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to 2.5 percent It's the highest rate since 2016 and more are promised as the bank tries to get inflation under control.

Editor of the newsletter The Kaka Bernard Hickey joins Karyn to explain what is going on

This week's "eat of the week" is plentiful - but it might not be a regular go-to for you - you make just walk past it at the produce store unsure of what to do with it. The Eat of the week is the humble little YAM

Professor Vanessa Burholt from the University of Auckland's School of Nursing has spent more than quarter of a century researching aging with loneliness.

A front of wild weather has hit the country today, causing slips, downing trees and closing some roads. Heavy rain and weather warnings are still in place from Coromandel Peninsula in the north to Dunedin in the South.

We cross to BBC World UK editor Rob Hugh-Jones for latest on the battle to take over from Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Joe Biden's visit to the Middle East and the acute skill shortage in British film and television industry.

During the Big Screen Symposium in Auckland, the WIFT NZ - Women in Film and Television Awards were announced. Taking home the 'Unsung Heroine of the New Zealand Screen Industry' Award was script supervisor Dianne Moffatt.

Owen Calvert is six weeks into his latest assignment, helping to boost agricultural production in Bangladesh.

MetService has issued a range of severe weather warnings with the weather system expected to bring significant heavy rain and strong winds to many regions.

Chefs and home cooks share their tips on cuisines from all around the world and introduce us to a few key ingredients to get you started on their favourite meals.

80 year old Picton man Ronald Ragen decided he wanted to try something "completely different" so he signed up for Marlborough's first "Techstars Startup Weekend". He was put in a team with the aim of creating a new business idea by the end of the 54 hours.