Lisa Owen
Evening business for 9 October 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Collins finds campaign comfort in Blenheim crowd
The tables turned on the campaign trail today with Judith Collins putting the boot into Labour while Jacinda Ardern was forced to defend a minister.
The National leader has spent the best part of the… Audio
Pharmac sorry as NZ faces oral contraceptive shortage
Pharmac is apologising to thousands of women who will be forced to change oral contraceptives because supplies of some pill brands are about to run out.
About 25,000 women take the four contraceptive… Video, Audio
Rugby: Wellington amping up for All Blacks v Wallabies
Wellington is poised to host the country's first international sporting event since the Covid-19 pandemic, when the All Blacks face off against the Wallabies on Sunday.
Despite the dirth of… Audio
Woman escapes Auckland city isolation hotel by fire escape
An investigation is underway after a woman escaped managed isolation through a fire escape while security guards were quote "elsewhere".
The woman who arrived in New Zealand on a flight from Dubai on… Video, Audio
CovidCard testing delays keep public waiting
Delays and confusion over testing of the Covid Card mean the technology has yet to make it to the wider public, despite the Health Minister saying trials were underway.
A Rotorua-based trial of the… Audio
Work to stem Māori prison numbers has lost momentum - advocates
Justice advocates fear changes to help reduce Māori incarceration rates have lost momentum.
Currently Māori make up more than half of the prison population - and nearly half of those released from… Audio
Auckland arts, music venues open again but uncertainty lingers
Music venues and theatres in Auckland can fling their doors open again, now that the city is back to Covid-19 alert level 1.
They've endured more than six months of uncertainty, the inability to… Audio
Peter Dunne, Heather Roy on latest political poll numbers
It's steady as she goes for Labour and a slight drop for National in the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.
Numbers show Labour is still out in front but will need the help of the Greens to govern.
… Video, Audio
Farmers frustrated Google Maps marking private roads public
Farmers sick of shooing intruders off their properties are demanding answers after some tracks were wrongly marked as roads on Google Maps.
The tech giant's conceded private tracks and driveways have… Audio
Greens or ACT - who will be Parliament's third biggest party?
While Labour and National are aspiring for first prize, Act and the Greens are racing for the bronze medal.
According to recent polling, both parties are neck and neck to take the third biggest party… Audio
City businesses sceptical level one will bring everyone back
Despite a return to level one, and some workers returning to the office, small businesses are sceptical that all their clientele will be coming back.
Auckland's eight-week-long restrictions came to… Audio
Ashburton Work & Income killer argues he was not fit to stand trial
The man who was convicted of murdering two women at the Ashburton Work and Income office has argued he was not fit to stand trial.
Russell John Tully was found guilty in 2016 of fatally shooting… Audio
NZ First Foundation: 'Obtaining by deception' details revealed in court
It has been revealed two people charged in the New Zealand First Foundation electoral funding case allegedly used a fraudulent trick to secure hundreds of thousands of dollars and that money was then… Video, Audio
Evening business for 8 October 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
We can vote now, so why no election advertising on the polling day?
The two MPs vying to be Prime Minister have disagreed on whether election advertising should remain banned on election day.
After the 2017 election, the Electoral Commission encouraged the government… Video, Audio
Collins keen to steady National ship after rough week
And the National Party is trying to steady its ship after a shocker week on the campaign.
Judith Collins has been dogged by caucus dissent, internal leaking, a debate loss and a walkabout whoopsie.
… Video, Audio
Harris, Pence 'dodged around pretty much every question'
CNN correspondent Nadia Romero watched the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence in Salt Lake City in Utah.
Lisa Owen asked if the so called "dumpster fire " of a presidential… Video, Audio
Harris, Pence face off in crucial US vice presidential debate
Billed as potentially the most important vice presidential debate in US history - it could equally have been mistaken for the start of 2024 campaign to be commander-in-chief.
Democratic candidate… Video, Audio
Collins & Peters on thin ice as Ardern finds her feet
The New Zealand First Foundation in court, Judith Collins pays a price on Ponsonby Rd, Jacinda Ardern finds some form & a chance for Te Pati Maori. Video, Audio