Lisa Owen

The jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a Comanchero gang leader.

Pasilika Naufahu and his fellow member, Connor Clausen, deny money laundering and conspiring to supply the class… Audio

In 2017 Labour campaigned on transformative change in the justice sector, promising to target the causes of crime, and the cycle of reoffending.

It held a Justice Summit in 2018 that delved into all… Audio

The Department of Conservation has been accused of mismanging and neglecting land at Lake Ohau, where fires have been raging.

At least 50 structures have been deemed uninhabitable.

Farmers who live… Video, Audio

Auckland's move from level two to level one has been met with overwhelming support from residents strolling Queen Street this afternoon.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and camerman Nick Monro… Video, Audio

Gay conversion therapy will be banned by Labour if it is re-elected to government.

The pseudoscience claims to be able to suppress or change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and is… Video, Audio

Police are warning landline users about a surge in people being conned out of thousands of dollars by phone scammers.

Three men in Auckland, aged in their 20s and 30s, have been charged in relation… Video, Audio

National's promising to urgently address what it calls a state of "emergency" in housing. Leader Judith Collins unveiled the party's housing policy in South Auckland today, pledging to pass… Audio

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

A Covid-19-positive Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after surprising supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated with an impromptu presidential drive-by.

The 74-year-old masked… Video, Audio

New Zealand's largest city and the site of the largest Covid-19 cluster will join the rest of the country in alert level 1 on Wednesday at 11:59pm.

The announcement by the Prime Minister in… Audio

Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.

Hugh and Dwayne are the owners of The Barn at Killin B&B at Lake Ohau. They… Video, Audio

Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.

A bus convoy left shortly after midday from the make-shift welfare centre in… Video, Audio

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for Covid-19.

Mr Trump tweeted the news a very short time ago. It comes after his advisor Hope Hicks revealed earlier she was… Video, Audio

Australia has announced plans for a one way travel bubble across the Tasman, with New Zealanders able to travel to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without having to quarantine, from October… Video, Audio

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

A player revolt is brewing over New Zealand Rugby's exclusion of a Pacific Islands team for next year's Super Rugby competition.

The 2021 edition will again comprise of five New Zealand teams, with… Video, Audio

What do we know about surface transmission of Covid-19? Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman talks to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health suspects a shared rubbish bin was responsible for the infection of two people who only tested positive after leaving managed isolation.

There were no new cases of Covid-19… Audio

The trans-Tasman bubble is about to begin. Sort of.

New Zealanders will be able to fly to Australia from October 16. On Friday afternoon, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack held a… Video, Audio

New Zealand Rugby has been caught up in a war of words with its international counterparts over the draw for the upcoming Rugby Championship, with chief executive Mark Robinson doubling down this week… Video, Audio