Lisa Owen

Some of New Zealand's Olympians are celebrating with friends and whānau in person tonight, after being completing their MIQ stint.

The athletes and support crew have had to take the long way home… Video, Audio

A public health expert is flabbergasted the government cannot provide specific vaccination information for a new Auckland border facility. 

It comes as questions remain over how many workers at… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6268122932001 Video, Audio

While the All Blacks and Black Ferns have locked in their spots in MIQ, the wind has gone out of the sails of SailGP.

The international sailing regatta was headed for Lyttelton in January, but they… Video, Audio

New Zealand Rugby has scored 130 spots in MIQ for the All Blacks and Black Ferns, after the special allocation was signed off by a group of Ministers.

More than 1200 sportspeople have asked for… Video, Audio

The government has agreed to help New Zealanders and their families evacuate from Afghanistan, as well as at-risk Afghan nationals who had worked with NZ personnel.

The government has agreed to help… Video, Audio

The government has promised to send a Hercules aircraft and around 40 troops into Afghanistan to evacuate those in desperate need, including 53 New Zealanders.

Cabinet ministers have also agreed to… Audio

Students at Dargaville High School are swapping the classroom for a construction site to build desperately-needed public houses for the North.

The school is churning out beautifully made homes for… Video, Audio

The All Blacks can wrap up the Bledisloe Cup tomorrow night - for the 19th straight year- with another victory over the Wallabies.

The Australians are in a must-win situation to force a Bledisloe Cup… Audio

A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death and left her body in a burning car in south Auckland has been jailed for at least 12 years.

Palmer Marsters has been sentenced to life imprisonment after… Audio

Oranga Tamariki was warned about harmful restraints at a Christchurch Care and residence facility months before it was finally closed.

The agency announced Te Oranga would close in July - following… Audio

An Albert Street business owner, struggling to turn a profit alongside ongoing City Rail Link works, has let rip in the blame game being played by the government. 

Transport Minister Michael Wood… Video, Audio

Some people trying desperately to return to New Zealand feel like they've been missed out the government's latest border announcements.

The government plans to ease open the borders from early next… Audio

Warning: This report contains distressing details.

A couple who sexually abused children have been described as sickening and depraved as they were sentenced to long prison terms.

Andrew Alan… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6267745698001 Video, Audio

Tickets to what could be the All Blacks last home test of the year are being given away.

The All Blacks are due to play the Wallabies this Saturday at Auckland's Eden Park, its second game in the… Video, Audio

Part of the puzzle of reconnecting to the world is how international arrivals are going to be filtered into the country.

Under the government's plan, the drawbridge will be lowered in the first few… Video, Audio

Flip-flopping advice from several government agencies has given Port of Tauranga plenty of headaches this week.

A red alert went up about a foreign-flagged ship - the Rio De La Plata - heading into… Video, Audio

The Christchurch Mayor is nervous about how the city will pay for an upsized multi-use arena, but believes it is what residents want.

Christchurch City council yesterday backtracked on a decision to… Audio

It's bye bye Bilbo, as Amazon Studios is packing up shop and moving production for series two of its multi-billion dollar Lord of the Rings series to the United Kingdom.  

The government has taken… Audio