Lisa Owen

The meat industry is waiting with bated breath tonight to find out if New Zealand products are linked to a coolstore in China where Covid-19 has been found on packaging.

Reuters is reporting the… Audio

Early childhood teachers have made worrying allegations of crowded, noisy centres where profit is put before children's welfare in a new survey.

Three-quarters of the 4,000 respondents to the Child… Audio

Masks will be mandatory for drivers of taxis and ride shares in Auckland, but not for the passengers.

Mathew is about to turn 67, and drives for ride share companies Uber, Zoomy and Ola.

He told… Audio

Aucklanders are preparing to wear masks if using public transport as the rest of New Zealand gets ready to don a mask if taking a domestic flight.

From Thursday the government is making masks… Video, Audio

A big man with a big heart. That is how the Ngāpuhi leader and kaumātua to the Labour Party, Rudolph Taylor, is being remembered after his death this morning.

The 66-year-old touched many peoples'… Audio

Iwi justice panels in Wellington are crediting strong relationships with police and support services for the region's success.

Te Pae Oranga is an alternative justice pathway for low-level offenders… Video, Audio

Up to $250 million of New Zealand seafood exports to the United States are under threat because of ongoing court action.

The conservation group, Sea Shepherd, says recent measures to protect Māui… Audio

One NZ business, steeped in tradition, is blooming after Covid-19 forced it to grow its online presence.

Flower markets are usually an up-close sensory experience at crack of dawn auctions, but… Video, Audio

A second strike notice has been filed on behalf of hundreds of St John paramedics and ambulance staff who plan on walking off the job next week.

St John staff represented by First Union say further… Audio

A meat industry leader says an unsubstantiated claim that Covid-19 has been found on New Zealand meat exports to China has the potential to damage NZ's reputation.

China is a massive market for NZ… Video, Audio

Aucklanders appear to be broadly in support of mandatory mask-wearing on public transport in the city and on domestic flights around the country.

Many people in the city centre today were wearing a… Audio

Dust off your face masks - the government has made them mandatory, but only in certain situations.

From Thursday if you're travelling on public transport around Auckland or on a flight anywhere in… Audio

Contrary to popular opinion Mount Taranaki is neither extinct nor dormant - but an active volcano with a 50 percent chance of erupting within the next 50 years.

New modelling's revealed a significant… Audio

Don Braid is the managing director of Mainfreight. He explains the difficulties of getting goods from ship to shore to shop floor. Video, Audio

Retailers are grappling with huge demand ahead of Christmas, but Covid-19 has put the brakes on goods arriving on these shores.

Nearly 50 percent of retailers are expecting stock shortages ahead of… Audio

Professor Shaun Hendy is a physics academic at the University of Auckland and a Covid-19 modeller.

He talks to Lisa Owen about the latest information following the new Covid-19 community case. Video, Audio

It's been bogged down in legal battles for years, but a decision has been made, a $500 million coastal housing development in Wellington is one step closer.

The winners include the developers and… Audio

Covid-19 forced some students to ditch their studies to look for work and support families hit hard by lockdown and redundancies.

Today, the Ara Education Charitable Trust and students from 15 south… Audio

The 100,000 Aucklanders who work in the central business district are being told to work from home tomorrow if possible, as officials race to contain a mystery case of Covid-19.

The latest community… Video, Audio

Workers in Auckland's CBD are being asked to stay at home on Friday if at all possible as Health authorities race to find the source of a new community case of Covid-19.

A woman in her 20s returned a… Video, Audio