Lisa Owen

Today's big developments around the border also have implications for New Zealand's leading sports teams and elite athletes.

While the news is good for many of our top international athletes, the… Video, Audio

The days are numbered for MIQ for most people, with New Zealanders able to travel home and home isolate from Janaury or February next year, depending on where they're coming from.

But it'll stay in… Video, Audio

Turn out the lights, the party's over before it even started, in Oamaru at least. The council has cancelled its family friendly New Year's eve "Party at the Gardens" because Covid has apparently made… Video, Audio

Slip, slop, slap and swab could be the new summer checklist as the government prepares to roll out rapid Covid tests in holiday hot spots.

A government pilot of the antigen tests is proving to be a… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6283494000001 Video, Audio

Tourist operators and towns are facing a long dry summer with international visitors still at least five months away.

The government has announced a gradual reopening of the border starting mid… Video, Audio

There is a rāhui on the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk while the iwi that has responsibility over the area tries to get vaccination rates up.

Te Urewera has been closed to visitors since Delta arrived… Audio

The Reserve Bank is hiking the OCR for the second time in two months. The Official Cash Rate is up by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 percent - the highest rate since February last year.

The… Audio

So international travel and family reunions abroad will soon be back on the cards, with most saying the time to bust the international border is well overdue.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge hit the… Audio

New Zealand's border restrictions are being eased early next year.

From January 17, fully vaccinated New Zealanders who test negative before departure will be able to travel from Australia without… Video, Audio

Four members of the NZ Breakers basketball touring group have tested positive for Covid-19.

The group of 39, currently based in Australia, includes players, staff, partners and children.

All have… Audio

The Ashes are less than three weeks away, and the Australian cricket side is still without a Test captain.

Tim Paine's sudden resignation last Friday amid a sexting scandal has left little time for… Audio

Auckland businesses are grappling with how they'll manage the scan in process for customers and clients, on top of distancing and number restrictions.

But hairdressers have got a week's head start… Video, Audio

The government is preparing to roll out a tool to help businesses make decisions about vaccines in the workplace.

But it won't be available until mid-December, when the country would have already… Audio

Queenstown businesses are grappling with severe staff shortages - with some managers preparing to pitch in on the front line this summer.

Fully vaccinated people will be able to cross the Auckland… Audio

A Covid case in the Whangārei suburb of Otangarei has health authorities on high alert, with fears it could be a 'timebomb' waiting to go off.

The positive case spent a week in the community before… Audio

The government may take a second look at Kāinga Ora's policy that's seen no tenants evicted in the past three years.

That's despite complaints of unruly behaviour and harassment of their neighbours… Audio

Destiny Church leaders Brian and Hannah Tamaki have been issued with fresh charges over their latest Covid protest.

Brian Tamaki has appeared in court this afternoon. Our reporter Jordan Bond has… Video, Audio

More than 1400 Covid-positive people are home isolating in the northern region and they're being urged to dial 111 without hesitation if their condition deteriorates.

It follows several deaths of… Video, Audio