Lisa Owen

A man in his 50s who had Covid-19 has died in Middlemore Hopsital.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed he was linked to the Auckland cluster - it takes New Zealand's Covid-19 death toll to 23.

The… Audio

Japanese rescue crews have recovered a body, and a number of cattle floating at sea, as they try to find the live stock ship, believed to have sunk, south of Japan.

The ship disappeared in the East… Video, Audio

Human remains found entombed under an old Auckland villa have finally been identified - but the mystery of what happened and how they got there still lingers.

Police were called to a suburban street… Video, Audio

New Zealand has had its hottest winter on record according to to official NIWA data.

So what does that mean for springtime or even summer?

NIWA forecaster Chris Brandolino talks to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

The Prime Minister wants New Zealand to be the best place in the world to grow up - but UNICEF's latest child wellbeing rankings have the country among the worst performing in the developed world.

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

The Green Party's spokesperson on animal welfare says the incident in the East China Sea shows New Zealand must stop exporting live stock for breeding.

A cargo ship has gone missing during a typhoon… Video, Audio

Greens leader James Shaw has been under the cosh for his Green School decision, but what's going on behind the scenes and will it cost votes? Social media rears it's sulky head, vaccination lies and… Audio

MetService has had more problems with its website, after confirming it was the victim of a denial-of-service attack yesterday.

That's the same cyber attack the NZX was subject to last week.

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What do state schools think of the proposed $11.7 million funding for a private green school in Taranaki?

RNZ reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Dan Cook talked to secondary school principals. Video, Audio

The pressure on Greens co-leader shows no sign of waning, after more questions today about him threatening to block other projects as part of his support for the Taranaki Green School.

James Shaw is… Audio

Toyota is trying to track down the lead actors from a series of 1980s TV ads that featured Barry Crump and his city slicker sidekick Lloyd 'Scotty' Scott careering cross-country in a ute.

The TV… Video, Audio

The New Zealand leg of the World Rugby Sevens series due to be held in Hamilton early next year has been cancelled because of the global pandemic.

Hamilton has hosted the event for the last… Audio

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

New Zealand Cricket is holding out hope it will get to host its international summer of cricket.

But to get it, it needs the government to allow international players to enter the country, and go… Audio

The election campaign has swung back into action, with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters taking a crack at his Labour colleagues.

He has talked down the government's response to Covid-19, and… Audio

Business confidence has taken a hammering since the return of Covid-19 to New Zealand.

Retail New Zealand's report also shows businesses having trouble getting their goods into other countries.

As… Audio

It is back to basics with the government's latest Covid-19 tracking tool - a paper pamphlet to be used by anyone who does not have a smartphone.

More than two million people have downloaded the NZ… Video, Audio

It is back to basics with the government's latest Covid-19 tracking tool - a paper pamphlet to be used by anyone who does not have a smartphone.

More than two million people have downloaded the NZ… Video, Audio

Almost a year ago to the day, Brook MacDonald broke his back.

The New Zealand downhill mountain biker suffered the worst crash of his career and lay semi-paralysed on the side of a Canadian mountain.