Lisa Owen

New Zealand has had to extricate itself from a diplomatic minefield after its Trade Minister used a TV interview to advise Australia on how to improve relations with China.

The faux pas has prompted… Audio

The race is on in Australia to find nine former Pullman Hotel guests who jetted across the ditch after serving their two weeks in MIQ here.

In total 12 guests, who were at the Pullman at the same… Audio

An Auckland managed isolation worker has been sacked after a wine delivery to a guest, a note penned on the back of a surgical mask, and what has been described as a "bedroom encounter".

It's been… Audio

A luxury cruise ship is being held just outside New Zealand waters because most of the crew onboard have been denied visas.

The boat Le Laperouse was granted an economic exemption to come and take… Video, Audio

Forget storks, flamingos have delivered newborns to Auckland Zoo. In the past fortnight two chicks have hatched.

Carl Ashworth, team leader for birds at Auckland Zoo, says the newest chick is doing… Video, Audio

People have been queueing at Covid-19 testing centres in north Auckland, in response to the latest community cases.

Our reporter Kate Gregan and camera operator Dan Cook filed this report. Video, Audio

Covid-19 has curbed Waitangi commemorations for The Māori Party. The co-leaders have decided not to travel north because of concerns over the latest community cases.

Three people have caught the more… Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health has added some new locations to its list of places visited by New Zealand's two latest Covid-19 cases.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is across the latest developments and… Video, Audio

New Zealanders can soon dive into history and explore the country's oldest-known shipwreck as part of a new documentary series set in remote Fiordland.

Last winter Toitū Otago Settlers Museum… Video, Audio

Precious wetlands in Kaikōura that have been drained and degraded for generations, are now being lovingly restored and protected in projects that landowners and farmers hope will inspire others to do… Video, Audio

Eight weeks to a trans-Tasman bubble is the hope for of the Australia-New Zealand leadership forum, despite New Zealand's latest Covid-19 community cases.

The forum has been working for ten months on… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

A 12-year-old boy who encountered a three-metre long mako shark at a popular Auckland city beach says it was like "staring into the eyes of Jaws".

SafeSwim issued an alert for Kohimarama and its… Audio

RNZ has captured footage of water gushing from a burst water main and pouring down the street in Aro Valley in central Wellington.

The pipe burst sending a torrent of water gushing out of the main on… Audio

The New Zealand stock exchange has taken a beating.

The Financial Markets Authority delivered a scathing report on Thursday outlining a litany of failures at an operational and cultural level which… Audio

Community checkpoints in Tai Tokerau have been shut down by police who say they risked public safety and people's right to travel freely.

Around a dozen volunteers from Te Tai Tokerau border control… Video, Audio

No more people will be put into managed isolation at the Pullman hotel until further notice.

Tenani French is in managed isolation at the Pullman and joins Lisa Owen with the details. Video, Audio

The government is temporarily toughening up managed isolation rules in the wake of a growing number of community Covid-19 cases.

Three people are now confirmed to have caught the more contagious… Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay council review has found the region has a mess of business support groups trying to do the same thing.

One of the groups fears its days are numbered and its removal could hobble Hawke's… Audio

Waitangi Day is set to go ahead as planned this year, despite other large-scale events in the north being moved online or postponed.

It comes as iwi leaders decided to move the National Iwi Chairs… Audio