Lisa Owen

Documents obtained by Checkpoint have revealed numerous issues and a serious lack of consultation before the launch of the Police's Armed Response teams.

The trials were launched in Counties Manukau… Video, Audio

On February 29, New Zealand had one active case of Covid-19. On Friday May 29, exactly three months on, there is now only one active case of Covid-19, with no new cases reported for a seventh day in a… Video, Audio

On February 29, New Zealand had one active case of Covid-19. Today, exactly three months on, there is now only one active case of Covid-19, with no new cases reported for a seventh day in a row.

To… Video, Audio

Live sport returns to TV screens throughout New Zealand and Australia tonight when rugby league's NRL resumes across the ditch.

Absent for two months due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the competition is… Audio

Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic to help fix Wellington's broken sewer system are being hailed as heroes.

The specialists were needed after the pipes… Video, Audio

Tenants in the commercial property market continue to wait for Covid-19 relief while government coalition partners Labour and New Zealand First duke out a deal.

New Zealand First leader Winston… Audio

The country's struggling creative industry has received an almost $100 million boost from the government.

Leaders in the arts sector say the funding will save jobs threatened by Covid-19 and create… Audio

The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.

However, some concessions have been made since the draft… Audio

Most New Zealanders are unemployed, they just don't know it yet - that from National's new leader, as he headed home to the Bay of Plenty promising his party had much bigger plans than the government… Video, Audio

Another death has been added to the Covid-19 toll for New Zealand, despite the fact the woman, who was in her 90s, did not actually have the virus when she died.

There are now just eight active cases… Video, Audio

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

While our borders remain basically closed to every one but New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to prevent Covid-19 cases being imported,

Hundreds of foreigners have actually been allowed… Video, Audio

A new survey has revealed Air New Zealand's coffers are cashed up with millions of dollars of customer money that it is not refunding, despite the flights never taking off.

The survey, by Consumer… Audio

Another death of an unarmed black man in police custody has sparked anger across the US.

George Floyd begged for his life as a white officer pressed his knee against the African-American man's neck… Audio

"I've been looking for you" - those were the first words of New Zealand Defence Force medic Jase Denharder as he reached trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor.

Amid emotional scenes the pair… Video, Audio

A New Zealand website is claiming that Covid-19 can be cured by drinking bleach.

The site claims that chlorine dioxide has been "tested effective against coronavirus", and recommends that people with… Video, Audio

A draft blueprint for a trans-Tasman bubble is expected to be with the NZ and Australian government's by next month.

Over the past two weeks a team of 40 has been working on a detailed proposal to… Video, Audio

After spending 19 days missing in rugged bush in Kahurangi National Park, trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor were totally out of food when they were finally rescued alive and in pretty good… Video, Audio

Māori National MPs say the party's list and shadow cabinet are selected on ability not skin tone and they're happy with their rankings.

There's been criticism of new leader Todd Muller's rejig of the… Video, Audio

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