Lisa Owen

The government is hoping to vaccinate more than 15,000 people in its first major mass vaccine blitz later this month.

The three-day event in South Auckland will target staff, students and their… Audio

There have been more reported sightings of orca pods around Wellington today as the search goes on for baby Toa's family.

Crews have been scouring from the sea and the air for a fourth day. Toa… Video, Audio

The head of MIQ is promising that Covid-19-positve crew members from the Viking Bay will be kept apart from other returnees.

Sixteen crew members are now isolating at the Grand Mecure Wellington -… Audio

A south Auckland tertiary institute is the focus of the government's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event.

Starting on July 30, the Vodafone events centre in will be ground zero for an immunisation… Video, Audio

Warning: this story contains some graphic details.

Massey locals have described hiding from gunfire and the horror of a police officer being gunned down in their Auckland suburb.

Eli Epiha is on… Video, Audio

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Covid-19 lockdown just got two weeks longer in Sydney, as cases grow there.

But Premier Gladys Berejiklian has signalled there may be more restrictions to come.

There are 97 new cases on Wednesday… Video, Audio

Burnt-out nurses are being told to seek help from one another because of high demand for external counselling services.

The nurses union says the government has not told them about any plans to boost… Audio

Pfizer has confirmed another 1.5 million doses will arrive in New Zealand by the end of the August.

That's on top of the million being delivered over this month.

Starting on 30 July, the Vodafone… Video, Audio

The government is promising a major shake up to expand the range of healthcare services for babies from ages zero to five years old.

It comes after a review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme… Audio

The UN resident coordinator for Fiji warns climbing Covid-19 infection rates in the island nation may soon send it spinning out of control.

Lisa Owen asked Sanaka Samarsinha if there is more New… Video, Audio

The Fijian government's Covid-19 response continues to be slammed as case numbers soar.

It is as workers' rights advocates and legal experts label the prime ministers 'no jab, no job' directive… Audio

New Zealand's four-stage Covid-19 alert level system is no longer fit for purpose, according to a group of epidemiologists.

The six experts say while the system was a highly effective part our… Video, Audio

Possible sightings of orca pods have raised hopes a young orca may be reunited with his family.

A large-scale mission is underway to relocate the baby orca Toa, who was separated from his family over… Video, Audio

House prices have jumped almost 30 percent in the last year - according to new data from the Real Estate Institute.

But one economist says hidden within that are telltale signs things are starting to… Audio

The government is making no apologies for failing, so far, to lay out a clear road-map for when and how the borders might reopen as people are vaccinated for Covid-19.

But watch this space - the… Audio

Parliament is mining for data on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

Cryptocurrencies are a type of digital cash that's not managed by a bank but by networks of users online.

MPs will look at how they're… Video, Audio

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Two orca sightings have been reported today in a large-scale mission to relocate one baby orca with his family.

The baby orca, who's been named Toa, was separated from his family over the weekend.

… Video, Audio

Fifteen mariners on the foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay, which is now moored in Wellington, have been infected with Covid-19.

The Spanish flagged ship arrived in Wellington yesterday and the 15… Video, Audio