Lisa Owen

The motivation is three-fold for New Zealand mixed martial arts world champion Israel Adesanya heading into his latest title defence this weekend.

Adesanya defends his middleweight belt against… Audio

Wellington Zoo's closed its kiwi house indefinitely while it investigates what's killed three of the precious birds in its care in the past few months.

Tahi, a one legged kiwi, that had been with the… Video, Audio

A Mongrel Mob Waikato leader claims three members charged with serious drug offences are outliers in the chapter.

The trio were arrested on Monday, along with 35 others, following 37 police raids as… Audio

A Christchurch woman says she feels left in the dark after trying to arrange a vaccine for her immunocompromised husband.

The vaccine rollout for people who are at risk of getting very sick from… Audio

A sweet trove of documents has been unearthed during the demolition of the old Cadbury office block that will be the site of the new Dunedin Hospital.

The old books are full of details about Hudson… Video, Audio

New Zealand will take its biggest ever rowing squad to the upcoming Olympics with a 32 rowers selected for Tokyo.

All up there will be nine crews, including 10 world champion female rowers.

Our… Audio

Warning: Parts of this report may distress some listeners.

The mother of a man shot in the head three times has told his killer her world's fallen apart since her son's death.

Jay Lingman has been… Audio

Wellington commuters may have to pay for the privilege of driving to work in future with the city council's plans to accelerate congestion charges, as soon as it gets the green light from the… Audio

A year on from opening - some retailers at Auckland's Commercial Bay shopping centre say they're struggling to stay afloat.

The $1 billion development with more than 120 shops opened just as Covid-19… Video, Audio

Businesses around Auckland's famed Karangahape Road are facing yet more financial woe, as City Rail Link construction drags on.

Today, the Transport Minister and Auckland city officials lauded the… Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health says stocks of the covid-19 vaccine are tight - but there isn't a shortage.

That's despite some saying they cannot get appointments.

The vaccination programme is ahead of… Audio

A movie is being planned about the March 15 terror attacks, but it's caught many in the Muslim community by surprise.

The film - which has a working title of They Are Us - will star Australian… Audio

More than 40 years after her mother's march to Parliament, the daughter of Dame Whina Cooper is leading calls to abandon the reclassification of huge amounts of land in Te Tai Tokerau.

About 1500… Audio

A judge has found it manifestly unjust to give an Auckland mother life imprisonment after she was found guilty of murdering her 21-year-old boyfriend Brendon Hamilton.

Katie Todd was in court. Audio

The Black Sticks hockey teams are hoping the element of surprise will be on their side at the Tokyo Olympics.

Both the women's and men's squads for the Games were announced today, adding another 32… Audio

New border exemptions are being welcomed, but the business and hospitality industries say the government's underestimating the size of the problem.

The green light's been given for about 10,000… Audio

It's one of the cornerstones of the Climate Change Commission's advice to the government on how to become carbon neutral, but how feasible is it?

The Commission wants to see a rapid increase in… Video, Audio

A herd of wandering wild elephants has captured the attention of the world - clocking up millions of views online.

They've travelled 500 kilometres through South China over the last year - and are… Audio

National MP Nick Smith has apologised to the LGBTQI+ community in his valedictory speech at Parliament this evening.

He's bowing out after 31 years as an MP. In his speech, Nick Smith said he was… Audio