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Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.

That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Video, Audio

New Zealanders will sit tight at the current Alert Level settings for at least another 12 days.

It means still no gatherings of more than 10 people in Auckland, at level 2.5, and no more than 100 for… Video, Audio

Business confidence has taken a hammering since the return of Covid-19 to New Zealand.

Retail New Zealand's report also shows businesses having trouble getting their goods into other countries.

As… Audio

The sentencing of the man behind the Christchurch mosque shootings is continuing today.

Christchurch reporter, Katie Todd, is once again at the Justice Precinct.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson. Audio

A victim of the Christchurch mosque attacks says seeing the gunman in court made him realise how weak he really is. Mustafa Boztas travelled from Turkey and spent two weeks in managed isolation to be… Audio

It's the third day of the sentencing trial for the man behind the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Christchurch reporter, Katie Todd, is at the Justice Precinct.

She speaks to Corin Dann. Audio

The sentencing of the mosque gunman has begun amid heavy security at the High Court in Christchurch.  

In March, Brenton Tarrant admitted 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one charge of terrorism… Audio

This morning the sentencing of the man responsible for the March 15 terror attacks gets underway in Christchurch. Audio

Security has been beefed up around the Christchurch justice precinct ahead of the sentencing of the man behind the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Christchurch reporter Katie Todd is there.

She… Audio

The health board at the centre of a leadership meltdown remained quiet today, as doctors called for urgent government intervention.

It comes after the Crown monitor, Dr Lester Levy said today that… Audio

There has been a mass exodus from the Canterbury District Health Board with two more resignations from the executive team this morning, taking the total number to seven.

Dozens of masked health… Audio

Businesses have just a few hours left to make the government's Covid-19 Tracer QR code a feature of their doors or reception areas, before it becomes mandatory.

The government says there's been more… Audio

The government's yellow and white QR code posters will become mandatory of all businesses from noon today, so customers can scan in with their phones for contact tracing.

The Ministry of Health says… Audio

Christchurch Hospital's new Acute Services Building finally has an opening date of November 16th - after two years of delays, at least $80 million over budget.

The big move is bittersweet for staff… Audio

Covid-19 is prompting couples to separate in numbers that family lawyers and mediators say they're struggling to keep up with.

Prospective divorcees wanting advice or legal intervention are being… Audio

Lawyers say they're being inudated with separation enquiries as relationships buckle under the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Auckland barrister and mediator Jeremy Sutton is among lawyers… Audio

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, business is booming for an Auckland divorce coach. Kimberlee Sweeney, who has been in the job for five years, says couples are untying the knot in numbers she's… Audio

Authorities in Victoria will assess data over the weekend to determine whether the state goes into a full New Zealand-style lockdown as the number of infections, especially in rest homes, continues to… Video, Audio

Amid dwindling numbers of international visitors, a novel attraction is helping luring Aucklanders to their city's most popular landmark.

Twice a week at dawn, the country's highest yoga classes are… Video, Audio

Auckland Transport's $47 million plan to upgrade the only road in and out of Devonport could be dead in the water.

Four members of the local community board have quashed proposals for more cycle and… Video, Audio

A Te Anau farmer accused of burning down 800 hectares of native forest in two years, has been told by the Environment Court to stop.

Southland District Council says Peter Chartres caused irreversible… Audio

A government-funded programme promoting tourism as a career option is going ahead even though the sector is expecting a hundred thousand job losses this year.

The Go with Tourism campaign which is… Audio

It took Worksafe nearly eleven months to make any contact with Christchurch residents neighbouring a home destroyed in a gas explosion last July.

The blast instantly obliterated the Marble Court… Audio