Lisa Owen

Otago locals are furious an Auckland couple flouted level 4 lockdown escaping Auckland for a family holiday home in Wanaka.

The 35-year old man and his 26 year old partner crossed Auckland's southern… Video, Audio

With Auckland still locked in level four, the key message remains test test test.

Seven suburbs in Tamaki Makaurau are being targeted in a testing drive.

Among them is Ōtara, where our reporter Nick… Video, Audio

Auckland will remain at Covid-19 level 4 lockdown until next Tuesday, then likely move to level 3. And the rest of the country will stay at level two for another week.

People in seven Auckland… Video, Audio

It was the terror attack that changed the world and sent America to war for two decades.

This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Almost 3,000 people from 78 countries were killed on… Audio

It was full steam ahead at mass vaccination clinics in Auckland today with thousands of doses delivered across the city.

And vaccine stocks are getting replenished, with an 250,000 extra Pfizer jabs… Audio

Margie Apa is chief executive of Counties Manukau DHB. She talks to Lisa Owen about the woman who was discharged, despite not yet having a Covid-19 test result, which turned out to be positive. Video, Audio

Middlemore Hospital says a woman waiting on a Covid-19 test result was able to leave its emergency room after being deemed safe to discharge.

But after their release, the patient returned a positive… Video, Audio

More than half a million children returned to classrooms today as schools outside of Auckland reopened.

Students told RNZ they are happy to be back after three weeks of lockdown learning in alert… Audio

The goodwill of other countries will mean New Zealand's vaccine stocks will not run short while we wait for the big promised deliveries from Pfizer next month.

The Delta outbreak saw vaccination… Video, Audio

Green Party co-leader James Shaw is under fire for leading a delegation on a planned trip to Scotland for climate talks in November.

The Greens staunchly opposed the House sitting during the… Audio

A pregnant woman who was six times denied an emergency room in managed isolation has dropped legal action after being granted a room voucher.

Bergen Graham has health complications and wanted to be… Video, Audio

As most of the country enjoys the new freedoms allowed under alert level 2, spare a thought for the hairdressers out there.

Just over three weeks of lockdown has resulted in some shaggy manes and… Video, Audio

Now to Central Otago, where the Alexandra community is devastated their annual blossom festival has been cancelled.

It was to be the 65th year of the historic event and is the longest, continuously… Audio

A petition signed by nearly 14,000 people demanding the government increase the number of mental health workers has been handed to Parliament.

It included the signature of one person who contacted… Audio

Truck drivers and other essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary are preparing to get weekly nasal swabs, even though saliva testing is widely used for border workers.

Don Braid is the managing… Video, Audio

Truck drivers and other essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary are preparing to get weekly nasal swabs, even though saliva testing is widely used for border workers.

On Friday, the new… Audio

The chance to step out of the living room and get a dose of retail therapy was snapped up by Wellingtonians today, who emerged into the freedom of alert level 2.

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The government's wage subsidies bill has passed $1.2 billion.

The payout is supporting 838,000 employees, 117,000 self-employed people and 242,000 businesses.

The highest number of supported workers… Audio

Nearly four months since June's deadly tornado ripped through the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe many properties still resemble bombsites.

Now Auckland's prolonged level 4 lockdown is causing further… Video, Audio

Cyber attackers have taken down multiple New Zealand website and sevices in what appears to be a co-ordinated hit.

New Zealand Post, Inland Revenue and MetService all experienced blackouts. Kiwibank… Video, Audio