Lisa Owen

Two percent of New Zealanders believe the March 15 mosque shootings were faked, and nine percent don't believe the Covid 19 virus is real.

Those are just two of the findings from a survey released… Audio

The police watchdog is reopening its inquiry into the fatal shooting of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens by an officer.

The Independent Police Conduct Authority says it will now take an "in-depth review"… Video, Audio

Oranga Tamariki's own minister believes a video showing a child being assaulted in one of its facility is a symbol of a broken system.

A number of staff have been stood down since a whistleblower… Audio

A number of councils are already criticising the government's freshly minted new plans for water.

A major overhaul of the country's water systems has been unveiled with the aim of stopping household… Video, Audio

One woman is highlighting, literally, with spray paint, the dog poo blight that is left on Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.

Antonia Wood and and her family live in St Leonards and are regular… Video, Audio

The Covid-19 situation might be deteriorating in Fiji, but their national rugby side reckons they know just what would put a smile on the faces of folk back home. A win against the 'best'. The team is… Video, Audio

Australia continues to grapple with a rise in Covid cases with South Australia becoming the latest state to record new locally acquired cases.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has more. Audio

A new study from Te Puna Matatini suggests it is virtually impossible for New Zealand to achieve herd immunity only with vaccinations, against the Covid-19 Delta variant.

In a worst-case scenario… Video, Audio

MPs behaving more badly or just the winter blues? Senior politicians indulged in name-calling and taunting opponents in the Chamber this afternoon.

Exercised about whether 'Karens' would be protected… Audio

Auckland's Albert St business owners are seeing red after being offered two thousand dollars worth of business advice as they struggle to survive.

They are trading alongside the $4.4 billion City… Video, Audio

Four more people have died as Fiji recorded 312 new Covid-19 cases in the latest daily update given by health authorities.

Fiji's Health Ministry said the four deaths were two women and two men, all… Audio

There are growing calls for a shake-up of New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine system, from exporters and workers who need to travel offshore and say a shortage of isolations spots is… Video, Audio

A philanthropic foundation is taking legal action against the Ministry for Social Development over its failure to take legal action against a single wage subsidy recipient.

More than $13 billion was… Audio

It appears the capital has dodged a bullet - another day with no community Covid-19 cases means a return to alert level 1 from midnight.

Wellington, Wairarapa and the Kāpiti Coast shifted to level… Audio

It's the multi-million-dollar trade expo to promote New Zealand business that NZ businesses cannot really get to.

The government has sunk close to $60 million into creating a pavilion at the Dubai… Video, Audio

A question mark hangs over former National leader Todd Muller, with his successor Judith Collins saying his political future is in the hands of the caucus.

Muller has announced his retirement from… Audio

Parts of Queensland will go into a three-day snap lockdown starting tonight after two new local cases have been detected.

The lockdown comes in the first week of school holidays there but the Premier… Audio

A substantial amount of sensitive Waikato DHB data has been released online.

The documents - which contain both staff and patient information - have been posted on the dark web following last month's… Audio

Whangarei District councillors have rejected the government's three waters reforms after a heated debate today.

The government has so far put $760 million aside for the overhaul, that will take… Audio