RNZ head Paul Thompson will leave the organisation at the end of the year after 13 years in the role.

A North Auckland GP says Pharmac's proposal to fund free flu vaccines for children under six will help keep them out of hospital.

Both people on a yacht in the Cook Strait have now been rescued, the Wellington Harbour Master says.

More than 1300 children from 24 Dunedin schools performed at The Kids Sing, the Otago Primary Schools Choral Festival, in the Dunedin Town Hall across Wednesday and last nights.