Lisa Owen

A Waikato business that was first to benefit from a controversial government fund to protect tourism assets has turned down another $2 million of help it was due.

More than 90 percent of Discover… Video, Audio

RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter joins Lisa Owen with analysis of Race 9 as spectators wait for the Race 10 start.

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Two years after cracking an egg on the bald head of an Aussie politician who made anti-Muslim statements on the same day as the Christchurch mosque attacks, the teenager known as 'Egg Boy' is… Video, Audio

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is at Auckland Viaduct with the latest details on America's Cup Race 10 as spectators anticipate the start time. Video, Audio

A research project into police bias is being described as a watershed moment and could help drive transformational change.

But some advocates are apprehensive, saying it could just become another… Audio

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Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has defended her decision not to give the Prime Minister a heads up about the deportation of a teenager from Australia.

The 15-year-old is in managed isolation and is… Audio

"Political scratchiness" could be behind delays in a getting a trans-Tasman bubble to fly, according to a group tasked with getting it off the ground.

The Australia New Zealand leadership forum has… Video, Audio

The government has confirmed officials were close to finalising a trans-Tasman bubble last month, but Australia backed out of the deal and changed its position.

Talks between the two countries have… Audio

RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter joins Lisa Owen in the studio with analysis of a dramatic race between Team NZ and Luna Rossa in Race 9 of the America's Cup. Video, Audio

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth joins Lisa Owen from North Head on Auckland's North Shore, after Race 9 of the America's Cup. Video, Audio

Team New Zealand is eyeing up the Auld Mug, hoping to win both races in the America's Cup this evening, to successfully defend the oldest cup in sport.

Racing was delayed half an hour, adding to the… Video, Audio

The government has fired back at the Opposition for suggesting its 2018 ban on gas exploration has lead to a major increase in coal imports.

New data shows the amount of coal imported last year was… Audio

After an extraordinary day of racing, Team New Zealand is now in the box seat to defend the America's Cup.

Team New Zealand came from behind in both races to take the win. In the second race, they… Audio

Labour has had a slight dip in political popularity, but Judith Collins has had her lowest rating yet as Preferred Prime Minister, according to the latest 1 News Colmar-Brunton poll.

Tonight's poll… Video, Audio

Warning: Parts of this report may distress some listeners.

A detective has recounted the lead up to discovering the body of Denver Chance in a chest freezer.

Jay Lingman denies murdering Chance but… Audio

It's been an extraordinary race eight in the America's Cup. Team New Zealand is now ahead 5-3.

Nick Truebridge is at the America's Cup village, describing it as a wacky race. Video, Audio

A cash-strapped cafe in Auckland that provides meals and outreach to people experiencing homelessness have been saved after a surge of community support.

Lifewise's Merge Cafe on Karangahape Road was… Video, Audio

Queenstown has gone from being described as tourism's crown jewel to a vilified community facing vitriol - and told it's getting what it deserved.

But businesses say it's not just the iconic… Audio

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