Lisa Owen

The All Whites will play England for the first time in almost 30 years, when they take on the world's fourth ranked football side at Wembley in London in November.

The match will have to be played… Audio

Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.

The government is allowing… Audio

Young people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.

It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Audio

Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Audio

A dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.

Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Video, Audio

Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.

The sector directly employs about 230,000… Video, Audio

Police are investigating possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison involving guards and gang members, which might have been going on for years.

An investigation has been running since July and involves… Audio

The family of a terminally-ill Brisbane man is fighting for permission to bring his four children over the state border to see him one last time, after initially being told only one of his kids would… Video, Audio

The Greens are playing hard-ball on tax, floating the prospect of sitting on the cross-benches if Labour doesn't take a more extreme position.

Labour has promised no tax changes other than a new… Audio

Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.

That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Video, Audio

Labour's tax policy is tentative, but is it also 'right for right now'? And is it negotiable? Judith Collins' policy releases point to less Crusher, more Kinder. Plus, how to mess up TV debates and… Audio

Southland workers at the endangered Tiwai Point smelter are frustrated it has taken political leaders so long to take their livelihoods seriously.

In July, Rio Tinto announced production would end at… Video, Audio

National leader Judith Collins has promised a Royal Commission will investigate the fatal Whakaari White Island eruption if her party is elected in October.

She says the people affected want answers… Audio

Jacinda Ardern returned to Whakatāne for the first time since the aftermath of the Whakaari White Island eruption which killed 21 people and seriously injured 25 others.

The Labour leader had morning… Video, Audio

Corrections has admitted it has acted outside the law by confining women to to their cells at Auckland Women's Prison for more than 23 hours a day.

Women at the jail, 67 percent of whom are Māori… Video, Audio

Ahead of the 2020 General Election, National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Labour's health spokesperson Chris Hipkins debate the main parties' health policies. Video, Audio

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

Labour is vowing to create a new top tax tier for people earning more than $180,000 a year if it's re-elected next month. 

Lisa Owen talks details with Finance Minister and Labour's finance… Video, Audio

Labour is vowing to create a new top tax tier for people earning more than $180,000 a year if it is re-elected into government.

The party unveiled its tax policy in Wellington on Wednesday, saying… Video, Audio