Lisa Owen
Taranaki couple fear bypasss will force them out of their home
A Taranaki couple are vowing to fight to the bitter end to stay in their home which is in the path of the province's biggest roading project in generations.
Tony Pascoe has lived his entire life in… Video, Audio
St Lukes worker linked to south Auckland Covid-19 cluster via bus ride
Test results have confirmed a Covid-19-positive retail worker at St Lukes mall is linked to the main Auckland cluster, ruling out fears of another strain in circulation in the community.
Health… Audio
Transmission Gully's ballooning cost - from $850m to $1.25b
The Transport Agency has been forced to fork out another $208 million to get Wellington's billion dollar highway, Transmission Gully, back on track.
The road has now blown the budget by more than… Audio
Netball: Covid-19 disrupts ANZ Premiership grand final
The country's top netballers and their fans have waited several months for a grand final and they will get their wish on Sunday but Covid-19 has meant things will be a little different.
The Tactix… Audio
'Hope over fear, fact over fiction' - Biden inspires with campaign speech
"I give you my word if you entrust me with the Presidency, I will draw on the best of us not the worst... we'll chose hope over fear, fact over fiction."
Those are words of Democratic Presidential… Video, Audio
'A Christmas like no other' - Auckland City Mission faces overwhelming demand
It's nine days since Auckland went into Covid-19 alert level 3, and the Auckland City Mission says it is handing out just as many food parcels as it was during the peak of the first lockdown back in… Video, Audio
Evening business for 21 August 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Horticulture exemption at Auckland border a relief for frustrated growers
Frustrated farmers in the country's vegetable heartland have been assured they will now be able to operate, following high-level government intervention.
Covid-19 checkpoints along the… Audio
$2b in wage subsidies for businesses that have not paid company tax
More than $2 billion of wage subsidies have been paid to businesses which have never paid company tax.
So far more than $13 billion has been paid out through the governments wage subsidy schemes… Audio
Covid-19: North vs South rugby match postponed another week
Auckland's Level 3 lockdown has put the skids on the North-South inter-island rugby match for at least another week.
The game was supposed to be played at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday week but… Video, Audio
No early release from Covid-19 level 2, 3 restrictions - Ardern
There will be no early release from lockdown for a third of the country living under Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions.
The message from the Prime Minister today was stay the course. That means the… Audio
What's going on in Canterbury's DHB leadership?
The health board at the centre of a leadership meltdown remained quiet today, as doctors called for urgent government intervention.
It comes after the Crown monitor, Dr Lester Levy said today that… Audio
Wage subsidies: Devil in detail for some stores - Retail NZ
The third round of wage subsidies is leaving chain stores with Auckland branches out in the cold because of the devil in the qualifying detail according to Retail NZ.
Businesses that have or will… Audio
Voters react to National's border protection plan
A key part of National's plan would be a requirement for people to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test before flying to New Zealand.
So what do voters think of that? Checkpoint reporter Logan… Audio
'We'll make sure it's legal' - Collins on compulsory testing
National is promising a dedicated Border Protection Agency to oversee and manage Covid-19, and any public health threats at the border if the party is elected into government. Audio
Queenstown residents slam Aurora Energy's price hike plans
Queenstown Lakes residents have slammed Aurora Energy plan's to hike power prices, calling the power company untrustworthy, unreliable and even incompetent.
The company has applied to the Commerce… Audio
Back to school for Year 12, 13s at some Auckland schools
Some Auckland schools have re-opened to Year 12 and 13 students today.
The Ministry of Education agreed to allow senior students back, as long as they stay in bubbles of 20 and observe social… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland Airport CEO responds to drop in profits
Covid-19 has meant a hard landing for Auckland Airport with an after tax drop in profits of 63 percent for the year.
The pandemic has all but grounded the aviation industry, meaning the airport has… Audio
Evening business for 20 August 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Covid-19 outbreak in NZ - latest from Health Minister
Health officials have yet to confirm whether a third strain of the coronavirus could be circulating in the community, with two cases still under investigation.
The Director General of Health says… Audio