Lisa Owen

A bolstered blue highway is offering a freight lifeline for two cyclone-hit regions with severely damaged roads.

The government's announced a $3 million subsidy for the freight ship Rangitata to run… Video, Audio

Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.

Marching and chanting in rallies today… Video, Audio

Government minister Stuart Nash is in more hot water tonight over revelations the Solicitor General considered prosecuting him for contempt.

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is with us… Video, Audio

Auckland's Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel has reached its deepest point, with the tunnel boring machine which started in Māngere now 115 metres below Hillsborough.

Despite Covid and the impact… Video, Audio

The cost of public transport in Auckland's about to go up despite service quality going down.

Bus ferry and trains rides will cost 6.5 percent more from April. Auckland Transport says that works out… Video, Audio

A lack of anaesthetic technicians in Canterbury is being put down to a toxic work environment, shortage of trained staff and overwhelming workloads.

Only 73 percent of planned surgeries are currently… Audio

The average price of eggs has increased more than 80 percent since Checkpoint last did a supermarket shop.

And a quick scope of some stores put the price of eggs at 80 cents to $1.05 each, and some… Video, Audio

The Muriwai community has become divided, with one third of previously red-stickered homes, now deemed safe to live in.

173 properties in the West Auckland beach settlment were red-stickered after… Audio

Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a budget blowout.

Costs for the build have gone up 71 percent, sparking fears about how officials will respond.

Our reporter… Audio

The Breakers have one last chance to finish the Australian National Basketball League season with the silverware.

The best-of-five series is locked at 2-all ahead of tonight's winner-take-all game in… Video, Audio

Auckland's City Rail Link has had another budget blowout, and is now asking for another billion dollars.

The project got underway in 2017, with a price tag of $3.4 billion.

It will now cost at least… Video, Audio

National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks to Lisa Owen about Labour Minister Stuart Nash losing the police ministerial role.

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A phone call with a mate has ended Stuart Nash's second turn as Police Minister.

The problem is, that mate was Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. An error of judgement - is how the Prime Minister's… Audio

Immigration officials are reviewing decisions they made to turn down some Iranian applicants who wanted to visit their New Zealand-based relatives. Immigration had concerns families were at risk of… Audio

Aucklanders' water bills are about to go up. Watercare plans to increase the cost of water by almost 10 percent. Felix Walton has more. Audio

The lower North Island town of Foxton is about to have a clearer horizon as dis-used trolley bus lines come down.

Their removal, after a court case, ends any nostalgic hope of the former tourist… Video, Audio

Western Springs Stadium is closed for the foreseeable future after significant flooding damage, with no guarantee of when it will reopen.

The stadium is home to numerous concerts, Auckland speedway… Video, Audio

More than 30 years since the murders of the Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin, a journalist from their home country is in Aotearoa, re-investigating the Coromandel killings.

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Some properties in the Muriwai exclusion zone have had their red sticker status reviewed following new information that landslides in the area appear to be slowing down.

More than 125 properties in… Video, Audio