Lisa Owen

A Northland big cat sanctuary which has been closed to the public for nearly eight years is preparing to roar back into life tomorrow - this time with strict safety measures in place.

Whangārei's… Video, Audio

Unvaccinated rugby players have been kicked to touch with vaccine passes needed to play club rugby from next year. New Zealand Rugby says it will ensure games can go ahead at all three traffic light… Audio

Hipkins has told Checkpoint government would give "at least a week's notice" if they change the decision around reopening the border for travellers from Australia.

"We set a check-in time and what we… Video, Audio

Tech companies say thousands more overseas recruits are needed to help offset a critical skills shortage exacerbated by border closures.

The government is granting six hundred border exceptions to… Audio

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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff has taken an optimistic view on the move to the orange Covid protection level at the end of December.

"I'm not surprised because the government has exercised caution. And… Video, Audio

Thousands of people are still without vaccine passes, waiting for their overseas jabs to be added to New Zealand register.

When the Ministry of Health was swamped in the weeks leading up to the… Audio

Northland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Steve Smith says the decision to keep the region in red level limits is not what he was expecting, "and certainly not what we were hoping for".

"Any form… Video, Audio

So Auckland will stay in the red zone until midnight on December 30. Our reporter Louise Ternouth is in Onehunga.

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Regions in red level protections will move to orange at the end of December, the government has announced.

The only exception is Northland, which will stay in red until cabinet next reviews the… Video, Audio

Anti-violence advocates want more Pacific workers to be employed and a cross party approach to the government's new plan to tackle family and sexual harm.

New Zealand announced its first National… Audio

The government's unveiled a plan to tidy up and modernise laws that protect wildlife.

The conservation minister's got her eye on little blue penguins and bats - ensuring that development around them… Audio

Women and Māori beneficiaries are having to pay back their debt to the Ministry of Social Development at a higher rate than their male and Pākehā counterparts.

Māori on average also owe more to MSD… Audio

After two High Court judicial reviews, the Director General of Health is releasing data of unvaccinated Māori in the North Island - but with clear conditions.

Whānau Ora first took the Ministry of… Audio

Now to Dunedin where prehistoric predators of the deep have taken over Otago Museum.

The Sea Monsters exhibition opens its five-month run there tomorrow.

Our Otago-Southland reporter, Timothy Brown… Video, Audio

On the outskirts of Auckland St Nick has apparently traded the sleigh for a sturdy tinsel covered van.

Mother of seven Jennifer Orr-Havill does the rural courier delivery run around her Helensville… Video, Audio

The Covid treatment kit keeps getting larger, with health authorities ordering 120,000 courses of antivirals to combat mild to moderate Covid cases.

The joint effort from the Ministry of Health and… Audio

A vaccine event serving Māori and Pacific people with disabilities kicks off today, with a focus on inclusion.

The event Rally Your Village runs until Saturday evening at the Pacific Locality… Audio

Royal NZ College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty has told Checkpoint of the approximately 5500 GPs around NZ he estimates there are less than 30 "antivax" doctors.

He said doctors are like… Video, Audio

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