The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

2026 is shaping up as a massive year for New Zealand football, First Up's Ross McNaughton takes a look at the increasing popularity of the code.

The Black Caps will take the field against Ireland for the very first time in a test. Nathan Johns, Irish sports writer and podcast host, gives First Up a preview of the test.

SPCA Onehunga's Shana Beggs on the shop's creative crafts and dedicated volunteers.

Correspondent Dr. Anita Purcell-Sjölund has the latest from Europe.

Dame Therese Walsh sits at the centre of some of New Zealand’s biggest business decisions chairing ASB Bank and Air NZ . In this episode she confronts the rise of AI and admits “there will be job displacement” as automation transforms banking, business and the public sector.

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The latest News in Cook Island Maori ( Te Reo Maori Kiki Airani), brought to you by our partners Pacific Media Network ,

The real cost of living in paradise: the Queenstown housing crisis is leaves locals priced out and struggling.

A wrap of the day's big stories