Lisa Owen

The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has turned its focus on to Pacific communities.

The inquiry is spending the next two weeks listening to the stories of Pacific people who came to New Zealand… Audio

Further space in Managed Isolation and Quarantine has been set aside for managed return flights from New South Wales, a Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson says.

530 rooms will be allocated… Video, Audio

Alex Campbell is a journalist in England and has Covid-19. He told me he fears the government's decision to open up is only going to make the situation worse. Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6264240076001 Video, Audio

A voluntary poo patrol has scooped up kilograms of dog do from Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.

A few weeks back we to spoke to Antonia Wood who lives with her family in St Leonards.

They're… Video, Audio

It's just a few days until the Olympics gets underway in Tokyo and Covid-19 cases have emerged in the athletes' village.

To talk more about this we're joined by our reporter Maja Burry, who is in… Video, Audio

The mayor of Buller estimates up to 100 people could be left without a home following the weekend's flooding on the West Coast.

While over 2000 people have been cleared to return home, more than 100… Video, Audio

Two more crew people on another container ship have tested positive for Covid-19.

The ship arrived in port at Bluff on Sunday night and the 21 crew were tested this morning.

Our reporter Nick… Video, Audio

Some Westport residents have returned to see the full scale of the damage to their properties from this weekend's flooding.

Many sodden homes remain unlivable, their occupants forced to doss down in… Video, Audio

After more than year of waiting for a Ministry of Social Development review, a woman who was unfairly sanctioned for failing to name her child's father has been repaid.

Under the sanction, many women… Video, Audio

Inflation has hit a ten year high, meaning our food is more expensive, fruit and veges in particular.

Latest stats for the June quarter show prices have shot up more than 7 percent since March and… Video, Audio

Nurses have cancelled their upcoming strike after a breakthrough in pay negotiations with the DHBs.

The Nurses Organisation has agreed to take the government's latest offer back to their members to… Audio

The clock is ticking down to the Tokyo Olympics - with just one week to go until the games kick off.

Athletes from around the world have been jetting in to Japan - including some of New Zealand's… Audio

A Queenstown migrant worker says the extension of essential skills visa is the best birthday present.

From Monday, people on essential skill visas who make less than $27 an hour will be able to stay… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6263908025001 Video, Audio

About 40 percent of Australia's population is back under lockdown after Covid-19 outbreaks in multiple states.

This morning, Victorians began their fifth lockdown of the pandemic.

But it's New South… Audio

A state of emergency has been declared in Buller - because of heavy rain and flooding, in what's been described as a one in 50 year event.

Residents in low lying areas, or those who've had trouble… Video, Audio

It's been revealed a cop killer tried to hide his gun among pine needles in a patch of bush after fleeing from the scene.

Police have detailed how they tracked down Eli Epiha, after he shot dead one… Audio

The strikes are off and nurses are set to vote on the government's revised pay offer.

After hitting a deadlock in pay talks, nurses had agreed to three strikes over the next few months.

But late… Video, Audio