Lisa Owen

The Far North District Council has agreed to halt progress on establishing a Significant Natural Area - but it won't stop a hikoi of more than a thousand people converging on the council office… Audio

A racist tirade left on the answerphone of one of the country's most pre-eminent Pacific academics has caused widespread shock - but little surprise.

Others working in the space say that while this… Audio

Olympic rowing great Mahe Drysdale has bid an emotional farewell to his rowing family, officially announcing his retirement on Thursday morning.

Drysdale, 42, has dominated the single scull for more… Video, Audio

There is a testing blitz going on in Queensland, after a couple who travelled there from Victoria were found to have Covid-19.

The pair drove from Victoria, through New South Wales and across the… Audio

A health expert is warning against the Fiji government's plan to isolate Covid-19 patients at home amid the escalating cases in the country.

The Health Ministry announced the move amid a daily record… Audio

An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property. Age Concern's Auckland chief executive… Video, Audio

An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.

The woman's case is one of thousands that… Video, Audio

Dangerous staffing levels which are leaving nurses fearing for their patients - this issue came up again and again at today's countrywide strike by DHB nurses.

At least 30,000 DHB nurses went on… Audio

Professor Dave Frame is Director of the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University.

He says transport emissions are on the way up and we need to be targeting motorists. Video, Audio

The Climate Commission has stressed a need for the country to work harder to significantly reduce emissions - but how it's achieved has divided Parliament.

The commission has released its final… Audio

Warning: This report includes disturbing details of violence that will upset listeners.

Northland woman Bridget Simmonds warned she would soon die just before she went missing.

The 42-year-old… Audio

Pacific and Māori church leaders are stepping up in the battle against Covid-19 vaccine misinformation.

A dozen senior Catholics from around the Wellington region received their first dose of the… Video, Audio

Nurses say they are working harder than ever, and are not getting a fair deal.

At least 30,000 walked off the job today, demanding more pay and safer workplaces.

The strike has been running from… Video, Audio

Actor Robyn Malcolm says she feels like she's in the team of five million's naughty corner after being bailed up by MIQ officials for lighting a candle in her room and displaying one too many bottles… Video, Audio

Three people breached Melbourne's lockdown to travel to Sydney and then on to Auckland.

The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the group will have to spend two weeks in managed isolation -… Audio

The government should pay people to send their old petrol cars to the scrap heap, according to the Motor Trade Association.

Transport belches out nearly half of New Zealand's carbon emissions. The… Video, Audio

The Climate Change Commission has urged the government to get tough on the way New Zealanders live and work, in its final advice for reducing emissions, presented to Parliament.

But critics have… Audio

Nurses have taken to the streets around the country demanding more pay and a safer place to work.

They say they were gutted by the government's call to freeze the pay of most public service workers… Video, Audio

The Hurricanes Super Rugby team have swapped the stadium for the lecture theatre, embarking on a quest to learn Gagana Samoa.

They've been undertaking a language and culture programme at Victoria… Audio