Lisa Owen

Tourism businesses in the Cook Islands may be crying out for more Kiwi holidaymakers, but the sentiment isn't shared by all.

Some Rarotongans are anxious about Covid-19 creeping into the Cooks, while… Video, Audio

The Labour government has signalled its future Budgets will have more support for workers - as the Opposition attacks it for ignoring middle New Zealand.

Yesterday's Budget contained a $3.3 billion… Audio

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The Ports of Auckland appears to be bracing itself for more health and safety charges following a workplace death last year.

There have been three deaths linked to the Ports in recent years - the… Video, Audio

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Nick Monro went to find out what students will spend their extra money on.

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Can $20 more a week restore hope and dignity? Budget 2021's more than $3 billion boost to benefits is billed as the biggest in a generation, and the government hopes it will do exactly that.

In July… Audio

Princess Diana's sons have slammed the BBC over a 1995 interview with their mother - saying it contributed to her paranoia.

An inquiry has found journalist Martin Bashir was 'deceitful' and used fake… Audio

Pop-up warnings on a police computer system that told them to take a heavily intoxicated man to hospital have been the focus at the trial of three Taranaki police officers.

They are charged with the… Audio

An 84-year-old Northland woman who is raising her teenage grandsons let out a little 'woop' when she heard about today's benefit boosts.

The government has announced all main benefits will jump by… Audio

"Nothing in it for middle New Zealand" - that's how National's describing Budget 2021.

The Opposition party says it lacks a plan, ambition, aspiration and direction, and there's not much for… Video, Audio

Big bumps to benefits have been mostly welcomed among people on the streets of the main centres.

The government's preparing to splash $3.4 billion in four years, in a bid to put food on people's… Audio

The embattled Ports of Auckland Chief Executive has quietly announced his resignation, amid the flurry of Budget Day.

Tony Gibson had been facing mounting pressure to resign following a scathing… Video, Audio

In its first unconstrained Budget in decades, the Labour majority government has hiked benefits to help reduce inequality and stimulate the economy in the wake of Covid-19.

The spending is fuelled by… Video, Audio

Opposition to the Olympic Games is intensifying, but the IOC boss is determined they can go ahead safely.

Japan is facing a growing number of Covid-19 cases and a slow moving vaccination programme.

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Cook Islands tourism operators are conceding life may never be the same for the island nation as it tries to bounce back from a global pandemic.

Wage subsidies and free accommodation have been… Video, Audio

Ports of Auckland boss Tony Gibson has announced he's resigning and will step down at the end of June.

Gibson has been at the Port for a decade and in recent times has come under scrutiny for major… Video, Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has delivered his first government Budget without a coalition or support partner.

The first 'Labour' Budget in decades. What does that mean? He talks to Lisa Owen.

Waikato DHB is still scrambling to get back online following a ransomware attack that crashed its computers and phones.

Five hospitals in the region have had their second day without IT systems -… Video, Audio

The boss of a global health information company is calling out the government over its slow delivery of essential IT to scale up the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, saying it should have been finished… Video, Audio

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