Lisa Owen

On average less than half of eligible voters cast ballots in local body elections. On top of that the people who are elected are generally male, pākehā, and likely aged between 56 and 60 years old.

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Bromley residents fed up with their homes smelling like burnt poo are taking matters into their own hands.

They say Christchurch City Council is not doing enough to fix the horrific stench wafting… Audio

Drive off thefts from petrol station are up 24 percent on the same time last year. That's according to just released data from retail crime intelligence company Auror.

It says the jump in this kind… Video, Audio

Another car has ploughed through another shop front, and a multi-agency meeting is taking place as government and other groups work out what to do about ram raids.

Community leaders and shop owners… Video, Audio

A Wellington man who claims police threatened to trespass him from an Anzac Day memorial if he displayed an Armenian flag in memory of genocide victims says it is "shameful".

He says it's kowtowing… Audio

New Zealand is set for its warmest winter in history with ocean temperatures in the upper north island still in their early twenties.

NIWA says coastal sea temperatures were unusually warm for the… Video, Audio

Residents of the Central North Island town of Ohakune are optimistic a booming winter is on the way after two years of Covid uncertainty.

And although warnings about volcanic activity on Mt Ruapehu… Audio

Former All Blacks prop Owen Franks hasn't played test rugby for three years but he's not giving up hope of adding to his 108 test career.

Franks played 150 games for the Crusaders and is now set to… Audio

The last remaining coal boilers being used to heat school classrooms are set to be scrapped and replaced with cleaner wood burners or electric heating by 2025.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio

With waiting lists for elective surgery blowing out even further because of Covid restrictions, some are setting their sights on other countries to get the treatment they're wanting.

Rachel Graham… Audio

American officials have seized a multimillion dollar super yacht moored in Fiji because of its links to a sanctioned Russian oligarch and so called dirty money.

The US blacklisted Suleimon Kerimov… Video, Audio

It's been four months since children aged between 5-11 year olds became eligible for Covid vaccinations but latest data shows less than a quarter have received both jabs.

And with that age group… Audio

There are questions over Countdown supermarkets definition of everyday essentials after it announced a price freeze on more than 600 of them to help people struggling with the rising cost of living.

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Tauranga bus drivers have begun a boycott of some stops in the city because of violent incidents and concerns for their safety along their routes. 

Last month Checkpoint reported bus drivers were… 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

Trevor Mallard is safe in his job as Parliament's Speaker for now - with the Prime Minister continuing to express her support.

The Speaker performed a major backdown yesterday - withdrawing five… Video, Audio

A new $300 million plan for Auckland cycleways ran into strong headwinds today.

Some councillors believe the plan could make Auckland the next best thing to Copenhagen, but others believe it swallows… Audio

Four Taranaki teenagers are hoping to carve up the opposition at the world junior surf champs in El Salvador.

Part of a 12-strong New Zealand team, the so-called Taranaki Grom Squad say they're… Video, Audio

Kāpiti Coast community leaders are concerned social media platform TikTok has a role in vehicle thefts around Wellington, averaging about 10 per day. 

Police confirmed there were 290 vehicles stolen… Video, Audio