Lisa Owen

The government has declared a climate emergency and promised the public sector will go carbon-neutral by 2025.

But the threat of climate change is all too real for some owners of low-lying coastal… Audio

An investigation by New Zealand's highest watchdog has slammed the University of Auckland over its purchase of a $5 million house in one of the city's priciest suburbs for its vice chancellor to rent… Video, Audio

Hundreds of people in the Cook Islands will walk around the whole of Rarotonga tomorrow morning to promote a more active and healthy lifestyle.

The 32 kilometre Leaders Walk for Life was inspired by… Video, Audio

A man abused while at a Catholic boarding school in the early 1950s says he's not convinced the church's approach to dealing with abuse has changed.

RNZ reporter, Andrew McRae has been at the hearing… Audio

The average Auckland household will pay more than $100 more in rates next year if Auckland Council's proposed budget gets the tick.

Mayor Phil Goff has announced a proposed one-off five percent rates… Audio

The summer festivals have been given the all-clear to have drug-checking stations on site to test whether people's pills have been laced with pesticides or paint compounds.

The government has… Audio

The Prime Minister has poured cold water on a Royal Commission into Whakaari, which could leave unanswered questions about the rescue and recovery mission.

WorkSafe has completed its investigation… Audio

The government's come under more scrutiny today for skyrocketing house prices.

The Prime Minister and her deputy say they are seeking advice on ways to slow down the rampant price increases.

Today… Audio

It's not a typical Christmas story but arguably it involves grinches, what some may describe as a miracle, and even a touch of redemption.

On Sunday thieves stripped a church near Nelson of all its… Video, Audio

Christmas is just around the corner but things are looking a bit different for Covid-19-style festivities.

Visits to Santa aren't quite the same and some traditions have been scrapped altogether, to… Video, Audio

Porirua City Council is expecting to have to find more accommodation for people whose houses have been ruined in recent flooding.

Seventeen houses in total have been made uninhabitable.

Harry Lock… Audio

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

Global consumer giant Unilever is using its New Zealand workers as a test run for a four-day working week.

From Monday, its New Zealand-based employees will start a trial working a shorter week, and… Audio

The tourism industry is warning that tightening rules around managing risks could hit the sector hard in the wake of the Whakaari White Island eruption.

At least two tourism operators - White Island… Audio

The country's spy agency watchdog says the SIS behaved in a "questionable" way when it decided not to tell police it knew a serious crime was being committed.

The report by the Inspector-General of… Video, Audio

A prolific Hawke's Bay dog breeder, at the centre of a Checkpoint investigation into the commercial trade of puppies, has been ordered to cover an unhappy client's vet bills.

Auckland woman Justine… Audio

New Zealand has sided with Australia over an escalating row with China, after a Chinese foreign affairs official sent a tweet featuring a doctored picture of an Australian soldier.

The rhetoric's… Audio

A police dog is being treated for at least one bullet wound this evening after being shot by a wanted man as he tried to get away from Northland police.

The man who allegedly pulled the trigger is in… Audio

Pacific Islands seasonal workers who will be allowed into New Zealand under a new border exemption will finally be paid a living wage.

The New Zealand government has granted a border exception for… Audio

Some Māori academics are skeptical about whether one of the country's oldest media organisations - which has owned up to perpetuating racist narratives about tangata whenua - can change.

Stuff has… Audio