Lisa Owen

The Football ferns announced their 23 player squad for the World Cup at Eden Park this morning as the countdown to the tournament continues. The squad contains ten World Cup debutants, but also has… Audio

Dust off your thermal undies and sharpen your edges, we're back; that's the message from the operators of the beleagured Mt Ruapehu ski fields. Despite financial uncertainity, a $5 million government… Video, Audio

National's proposing more tweaks to sentencing rules to "ensure there are real consequences for ram raiders". If in government it plans to make filming and publishing their crimes an aggravating… Video, Audio

It's about to get more expensive to catch the bus and fill up the car, as the government's petrol tax returns from midnight. Public transport will return to full price for over 25 year olds too. The… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister's mission to China has again been plagued by questions about one of his senior ministers back home. Kiri Allan has denied ever treating staff poorly after it was revealed some… Video, Audio

Eid Al-Adha was celebrated in Wellington today for the second year in a row. Last year the celebration drew a crowd of around 4000 for the holy celebration which happens two months after the end of… Video, Audio

Returning to our earlier story, the government has announced support schemes for cyclone-hit businesses. Growers & farmers who can't get bank loans will be able to borrow from a goverment fund, as… Video, Audio

Officials are still trying to reach those who haven't done this year's Census, with community events and incentives. The final deadline to complete the Census is tomorrow at 5pm. The unofficial… Video, Audio

50 ago a crew of 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and later the frigate Canterbury, were sent there to protest French nuclear… Video, Audio

Japan is being criticised by Pacific leaders for dumping nuclear waste in the Pacific Ocean. An international lawyer says Australia and New Zealand need to do more to stand up to Japan. Japan is… Audio

The Prime Minister has been forced to answer questions about the conduct of a senior minister, while he's in China on a diplomatic and trade mission. A Department of Conservation boss flagged concerns… Video, Audio

Auckland is a waterlogged city, with a slip blocking state highway one north for the second day in a row, and a house in Swanson on the brink of collapse. The red stickered home on Scenic Drive was… Audio

Once upon a time, there was an enterprising West Australian boy who decided to write a book to plus-size his pocket money. Bodie Howland tells us about his debut book The Love Hearts Explore Exmouth.

Some Muriwai locals are still living in the local campground four and a half months after Cyclone Gabrielle tore through their homes. The popular west Auckland surf beach reopened to the public 12… Video, Audio

The red carpet has been rolled out for the Prime Minister in China, who met with President Xi Jinping overnight. Jinping has labelled New Zealand a friend and partner. In response, Chris Hipkins… Audio

To flood damaged Tairawahiti now. Families in a small rural community inland from Tolaga Bay remain completely cut off from the outside world after the recent storm completely annihilated the local… Video, Audio

Retailers in the capital want a stop to plans to make Wellington's golden mile pedestrian only. The council will vote tomorrow on whether to move all vehicles except buses off the road between… Audio

Another major scandal has hit New Zealand Athletics as coach Jeremy McColl has been stood down following a formal police complaint. Jeremy McColl is coach of star pole vaulters Eliza McCartney and… Video, Audio

Fair treatment and the rights of prisoners are the unfortunate collateral damage of Corrections' shortcomings and an inability to achieve lasting change. That according to a bruising report by the… Video, Audio