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It can be revealed hotels earned about $1.3 million a month from becoming MIQ facilities.

Data released to RNZ shows the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spent nearly $800 million in… Audio

Crisis meetings and investigations are continuing, after Middlemore ED's long wait times appear to have cost a life on Wednesday.

Counties Manukau District Health Board says patient presentations are… Audio

This year's influenza vaccine rollout has struck the one million mark, and ministers celebrating the milestone today are keen to keep up the momentum.

But it comes as healthcare workers grapple with… Audio

GPs say people are having to travel hundreds of kilometres just to get a 15 minute doctors consult, amid the doctors shortage that's seen half the country's clinics close their books to new patients.

What happens when health's first line of defence starts to falter? As many as half the country's GP clinics aren't enrolling new patients, amid a cocktail of winter illnesses, Covid infections and… Video, Audio

After 42 years, the iconic horse trekking business that put Pakiri Beach on the map is winding down.

Its owner Sharley Haddon is looking for extra special new homes for 40 beloved horses. Katie Todd… Video, Audio

Data released under the Official Information Act reveals the growing scale of New Zealand's cigarette smuggling problem.

Cigarettes are being seized at the border in alarming quantities - more than… Video, Audio

Two people have been arrested after a spate of drive by shootings in Auckland - according to the Police Minister, Poto Williams.

Police have laid the blame for the shootings - along with several… Audio

Golfers are accusing Auckland Council of foul play over a plan to develop their courses into more versatile public spaces.

The council wants local boards to acknowledge it isn't sustainable, to keep… Video, Audio

Another two month extension to the fuel tax reduction and half price public transport, has been met with relief by many on the streets of Whangārei.

The government's also announced New Zealanders… Video, Audio

More free dental care will be within reach for people on low incomes - with emergency dental grants more than tripling, as part of this year's budget. They're rising from $300 to $1000.

People on the… Audio

New Zealanders over 18, who earn less than $70,000 a year will get a $350 cash injection, paid over three months.

It excludes beneficiaries and pensioners. Reporter Katie Todd has the latest in… Video, Audio

The soaring cost of living is playing out in the Far North with people sleeping in cars, begging for food, and seeking support in 'astronomical' numbers.

When it comes to poverty and crime, Kaitaia… Video, Audio

Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete is appealing a decision to stop taking it from Pakiri Beach.

McCallum Bros has been sucking up sand from three different depths, but Auckland… Video, Audio

In the middle of a housing crisis avoidable construction injuries are stopping about 340 more homes being built each year.

The stats are through the roof. Two million more metres of scaffolding could… Video, Audio

A tech expert involved in creating the Covid tracer app, is trying to import and trial a new type of RAT test that could be as accurate as PCRs.

New Zealand experts say it could provide cheap, quick… Audio

Aucklanders buddying up with extended family or friends to buy a home are the focus of a new subdivision in the city's south-east.

Houses with six to eight bedrooms, with split kitchens and living… Video, Audio

Authorities are in a race against time to save one of Auckland's most iconic waterfront areas and transport routes.

Tāmaki Drive is one of the prized coastal areas in the forefront of grim new… Video, Audio

Staying in the Super City, where five Auckland suburbs are getting a cash injection to make them 'build ready' for 16 thousand homes.

$1.4 billion will be pumped into Mt Roskill, Mangere, Tāmaki… Audio

Between 15 and 20 ram raids are said to be happening each week across the country. That's according to the Dairy and Business Owners Group - which is demanding more action.

Last night saw at least… Video, Audio

Women forced to give birth overseas because they couldn't get an MIQ spot late last year, say its abhorrent to learn that at that time, health officials thought MIQ wasn't justified.

It follows an… Audio

The country's two top doctors signed off on a suggestion to end MIQ in November last year.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Dr Caroline McElnay agreed MIQ was no longer justified on public health grounds… Audio