Lisa Owen

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

In Victoria the death toll has risen by 41 in the Australian state at the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

The number of daily infections has fallen to a near two-month low, with 73 new… Video, Audio

Firefighters are continuing to battle a large scrub fire in the South Island's Mackenzie District.

The fire is believed to have started around half past eleven yesterday morning near Lake Pukaki.

… Video, Audio

The Education Minister has issued a plea for all Auckland parents to send their children back to school, after thousands opted to stay away from classrooms today.

Around 250,000 children were… Audio

NZ businesses are being warned to batten down the hatches as cyber criminals expand their targets after taking down the stock exchange for the fifth consecutive trading day.

Two media outlets, RNZ… Audio

Resilience has been a valuable commodity over the past six months. And for the New Zealand wheelchair rugby community, there's been no shortage of positivity and ability to get through in the… Video, Audio

The National Party has pledged it will keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter running for at least five more years - if it is elected in October.

The clock is already ticking down to the closure of… Audio

Green Party co-leader James Shaw is facing criticism from party members for approving nearly $12 million in funding for a privately-owned 'green' school in Taranaki.

It flies in the face of the… Video, Audio

NZ Blood is stockpiling plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients so it can be used in international clinical trials or more widely if it's proven to be an effective treatment.

This week the US food… Video, Audio

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

The government has called in the GCSB to help get to the bottom of the cyber attacks on the NZX.

The stock exchange has been hit four times in as many days - crippling its website and bringing a halt… Video, Audio

While many businesses around the country are taking a battering because of Covid-19, a real estate agent in the Coromandel Peninsula is enjoying his best August in five years.

The Coromandel is… Video, Audio

More than 156,000 jobs are being supported by the latest round of the wage subsidy scheme and businesses say it's a desperately needed lifeline to get them through a second lockdown.

The so-called… Audio

"We are nearly there, but the job is not quite done". That's according to the Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, who says Auckland will leave Covid-19 alert level 3 on Sunday night, despite another… Audio

The government is refusing to back down on a controversial decision to put nearly $12 million into a privately-owned Green School in Taranaki.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw, who championed the… Audio

The government has pulled in the heavyweights to investigate attacks on the NZX.

The stock exchange has been the victim of attacks for four days in a row. Its website has been to its knees and as a… Audio

Checkpoint's programme finishes with voices of those whose lives have been changed forever because of the events of March 15 last year.

There were nearly 100 victim impact statements delivered in… Video, Audio

The Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield was greeted by hundreds of protesters this morning when he arrived at a meeting with the beleaguered Canterbury District Health Board.

The top… Audio

The government has injected hundreds of millions of dollars into a fund to secure a Covid-19 vaccine, but it will not say exactly how much, as it does not want to compromise its ability to do a deal.

Vegetable growers in Pukekohe say lessons need to be learnt for any future Covid-19 lockdowns, as some essential workers are still being turned away at the border.

The Ministry of Health is swamped… Audio