Lisa Owen

NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science president Terry Taylor has told Checkpoint there is potential for some big delays if a Covid case causes a surge of Covid testing in small towns around New… Video, Audio

Sports with a history of doping, dodgy judging and animal cruelty will have to clean up their act if they want to feature at the 2028 Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee has announced… Audio

Health professionals are warning backlogs due to lockdown are causing a rise in cancers that could've been detected months earlier.

After two years of lockdowns, the Ministry of Health says the… Audio

Constable Matthew Hunt was murdered by Eli Epiha in June last year and was sent to jail today for at least 27 years.

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The Black Caps have touched down on home soil - fresh from their test series defeat to India.

But it's the feats of spinner Ajaz Patel that will long be remembered for cricket fans across the globe.

Hoons are causing waves of a different kind at a Kāpiti beach. Locals say quad bikes, four wheel drives, utes and motorbikes are cutting up their coastline between Peka Peka and Te Horo, even though… Video, Audio

Imagine working in a rest home and having to choose who gets care and who misses out.

Care workers who took their plea for enforceable minimum staff numbers to Parliament today, say that's what's… Audio

Skyrocketing Auckland house prices are being blamed for causing mental health problems and relationship issues by some at the raw end of the city's market.

The average Auckland house price rose… Audio

The first electric ferry in the Southern Hemisphere will soon be switched on and leading the charge across the Wellington harbour.

The ferry will be launched next week, but the Prime Minister got her… Video, Audio

Counting down the days to Christmas might involve kids bouncing of bed every day busting to open the next window in the Advent calendar, and collect a tasty little treat or trinket along the way.

But… Video, Audio

A third of caregivers are reluctant or unsure about vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid.

The government is currently looking at rolling out vaccines to the age group - given MedSafe… Audio

Holiday bookings are dropping like Autumn leaves from a tree according to some Bay of Islands businesses.

The region is currently in red on the traffic light system and people travelling their way… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Health workers on the front line of Covid say vaccination is the biggest defence this summer, as they hope to keep hospitals from being overwhelmed.

Reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator… Video, Audio

Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall talks to Lisa Owen about the ban on future cigarette sales.

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A series of investigations are underway into a Kaiapoi GP who's been filmed handing out medical certificates and schooling patients in how to pass them off as official vaccine exemptions.

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In a world-first, the government plans to ban future generations of young New Zealanders from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime.

It's one of a suite of measures hoped to drive down smoking… Audio

The government has unveiled a 25 year plan to stop domestic and sexual violence, but those at the coal face says now is the time for the real mahi to ensure this isn't just lip service.

The strategy… Audio

During 107 days of Covid lockdown Aucklanders lives were dominated by rules: stay home, mask up, keep your distance.

So it may come as no surprise that now the traffic light system has the city… Video, Audio

Bureaucratic hurdles, slow responses and sidelining of Māori experts have been detailed before the Waitangi Tribunal today.

Today was the second day of an urgent hearing into the how the pandemic… Audio