Lisa Owen

The Prime Minister is preparing for a another trip to drum up trade and tourism for New Zealand - this time to Europe. Jacinda Ardern leaves this weekend with a business delegation.

In the past few… Audio

Calls tonight for Fletcher Building's board chair to resign over claims of culture issues and systemic failures within the company that could see a customer revolt.

The company's in the spotlight… Video, Audio

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

There are significant hold ups to train services in the capital tonight because of signalling issues coming into the main station.

Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati is outside Wellington station and… Video, Audio

The College for Emergency Medicine chair, Doctor Kate Allan, describes overwhelmed emergency departments around Aotearoa, with staff shortages and patients stuck in limbo, having to wait for a… Video, Audio

Auckland GPs say they're fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.

Twenty-seven clinics opened for free appointments in east… Audio

A crash which took the lives of seven people on State Highway One south of Picton yesterday has had a devastating impact on one family, and left the community reeling.

A relative of those who died… Audio

The striking sunsets noticed by New Zealanders in recent weeks are caused by leftovers from Tonga's volcano eruption.

And NIWA says the phenomenon, which produces vibrant blue and purple hues, could… Audio

Pharmac is overhauling the criteria for funded prescriptions of a safe sex drug commonly used by gay men.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, can reduce the risk of being infected with HIV by up to 99… Audio

With GP waiting rooms busting at the seams, it's even bleaker for those seeking specialty care. It can take at least 13 years to train a hospital specialist.

New Zealand currently has less than half… Audio

A pair of 12 year-old schoolgirls with big dreams have launched a skateboarding charity that they're hoping to take global.

What started out as a plea for skateboard donations has now become an… Video, Audio

New safety barriers on the sides of a state highway near the Horowhenua town Levin are making some residents feel anything but safe.

They say turning into their properties has become a daredevil act… Audio

The All Whites will have to wait another four years for the opportunity to play at the FIFA Football World Cup finals after a heart-breaking loss in their final qualification game.

New Zealand was… Audio

When is an airport an airport? Turbulence is brewing in Hawke's Bay with accusations the region's airport is more focused on commercial business interests than actual aviation.

It all comes during a… Audio

Auckland Council is cutting back on red tape approving many substituted building products on site to help get the industry through a plasterboard supply crisis.

It's also loaning out its building… 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.

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is visiting New Zealand meeting Jacinda Ardern for the first time.

In a meeting today, described as warm and productive, the leaders discussed climate… Audio

Sport NZ's getting an independent government funded integrity body, after a slew of recent reports showing athlete welfare was over looked or not taken seriously enough.

Drug Free Sport NZ and some… Video, Audio

The All Whites have one shot to be the 32nd - and final team - to qualify for this year's Football World Cup. If they qualify, they'll join Australia, who sneaked in this morning, after a penalty… Audio