Lisa Owen

With the election delayed MPs unexpectedly found themselves back at Parliament and National took full opportunity to challenge the government over border controls and testing.

Senior ministers… Audio

A First Security guard at a managed isolation facility has been suspended after a privacy breach at the weekend.

The guard, who was on shift at Auckland's Sheraton Four Points Hotel, sent a snapchat… Video, Audio

The Democrats in the US have kicked off their National Convention, albeit online, as the party officially nominates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their candidates for the White House. Audio

A secure dementia facility tried to stop the Chief Ombudsman inspecting their operation during the covid lockdown, despite him having the legal right too.

The Ombudsman's office scrutinised six… Video, Audio

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

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has revealed a security guard posted an image on a private Snapchat group that contained the names, room numbers and arrival and departure dates of… Video, Audio

While there were queues heading into Auckland today from the south, north of Auckland there were no queues at all.

We sent reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro to see how nearby towns… Video, Audio

Some residents in northern Waikato are being forced to break Covid-19 border restrictions in order to buy food at a supermarket.

The rural townships of Otaua and Aka Aka are surrounded in the south… Audio

New Zealand's pandemic response has been called out by none other than US president Donald Trump in a bizarre speech.

Speaking in Minnesota, the leader of the free world described the South Auckland… Audio

The government has backtracked on plans to urgently test every single person who had come into the Ports of Auckland for Covid-19.

Last week the Ministry of Health issued a mandatory testing order… Video, Audio

Authorities are scrambling to get to the bottom of a new case of Covid-19, that's not connected to the known cluster in Auckland.

A maintenance worker at at the Rydges Hotel managed isolation… Video, Audio

Most campaigners are breathing a sigh of relief that the election has been delayed another month, giving them precious time to change more minds.

The two referendum topics have been subject to much… Audio

A Pacific community leader believes fear about the origin and size of the latest coronavirus outbreak is driving social media vitriol and finger-pointing.

And the chairman of Netsafe is warning… Audio

The Electoral Commission's chief electoral officer has the ability to delay the election day in one region if it is deemed unsafe to vote.

On Monday morning Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern postponed… Video, Audio

The government has revealed its latest financial measures to lessen the economic fall-out under this second wave of Covid-19 under alert levels 2 and 3.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has… Audio

Voters across the country have largely welcomed the new October election date, saying the delay was inevitable.

The Prime Minister announced the change less than a week after raising the Covid-19… Audio

In Australia, Victoria has recorded its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began.

Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed 282 new infections overnight and 25 deaths - more than… Video, Audio

A decision late on Monday by the government will give school principals the option of allowing Year 12 and 13 students back to school early for face to face learning during alert level 3.

Auckland… Video, Audio

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

The midnight deadline to have all those thousands of ports staff tested has been abandoned as health authorities struggle to get through everyone.

Around 12,000 people are expected to be screened at… Video, Audio