Lisa Owen

New, tougher border restrictions are expected to slash the number of Covid-19-positive returnees from India alone, by 75 percent.

The government has classified India as a "very high risk country"… Video, Audio

Rotorua residents fighting to save Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course claim a proposed development on the site could wipe up to $100,000 off the values of neighbouring houses.

But the group Saving… Video, Audio

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The curtain is coming down for elephants at Auckland Zoo - as the last two pack their trunks for Australia.

The Zoo has confirmed that Anjalee is being adopted by Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo… Video, Audio

It was a delicate dance as New Zealand and Australia's foreign ministers fielded media questions following their first face-to-face meeting since Covid-19.

The pair collectively described the… Video, Audio

A white US ex-police officer has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd, after one of the most high profile trials in American history.

Last year, Derek Chauvin knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for nine… Audio

The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship - the HMNZS Aotearoa - is making its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.

The $450 million supply ship came into… Audio

The government's plan to shake up the health system has been met with shock, concern and skeptisim. Eleisha Foon has been gathering reaction. Audio

The government has unveiled sweeping new health changes in a bid to resuscitate an ailing inequitable system, that's ended in a postcode lottery.

All 20 DHBs are being scrapped along with… Video, Audio

The under pressure Ports of Auckland chief executive has met with union officials for the first time since a scathing health and safety report was released.

Union members at the Ports have called for… Video, Audio

There was disappointment for some dedicated royal fans today - three self-proclaimed nanas turned up to Prince Philip's memorial service, hoping to slip into the pews.

RNZ reporter Harry Lock spoke… Audio

In five years' time, Helen Clark wants to see Huntly power station no longer burning coal, a ban on fossil-fuel-powered cars into New Zealand, and agriculture paying for its emissions.

Clark has… Video, Audio

Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Audio

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The weekly reveal of Covid-19 vaccination numbers was rolled out today, but the numbers were a bit stale.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins released plans last week about how the nationwide… Audio

Guilty on all charges. The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes, as he gasped for air, begging for his life on a Minneapolis street, has been convicted of murder.

After… Video, Audio

Prince Philip has been remembered at a State Memorial service in Wellington this afternoon.

Prime Ministers past and present, the Governor-General and the British High Commissioner were among those… Video, Audio

"Bold and necessary" is how a 30-year health veteran is describing the government's shake-up.

Dr Lester Levy has chaired New Zealand's biggest DHBs, headed up a private hospital and is the current… Video, Audio

Consistency and cohesion is what the government is promising in a massive shake up to the health system.

The 20 DHBs will be gone, and a new body - Health NZ - will be set up, along with a specific… Video, Audio

Derek Chauvin's fate is now in the hands of a Minneapolis jury. The legal team for the former US police officer, who knelt on George Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes until he died, argued in its… Audio