Lisa Owen

At 11.59pm on Monday April 27 New Zealand will move to alert level 3 - five days and a holiday weekend longer than first anticipated.

But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says our "team of five million"… Video, Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen to discuss Jacinda Ardern's announcement of changes to New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Video, Audio

New Zealand will move to alert level 3 at 11:59pm Monday April 27, where the country will stay until at least May 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

She said whilst shifting levels… Video, Audio

New research has confirmed what Māori health experts have been warning since Covid-19 arrived on our shores.

Māori are more likely to die from the virus than any other ethnic group.

But now that New… Audio

Several private schools are among the tens of thousands of businesses receiving the government's wage subsidy, with the total bill now nearing $10 billion.

More than 85,000 businesses have been… Audio

Education Minister concedes a decision to partially reopen schools at alert level 3 is as a much about childcare as education, and the preference is that students stay away.

It follows a vocal… Video, Audio

Covid-19 lockdown week three down and it is time to check in with two bubbles keeping video diaries for Checkpoint during the lockdown.

The diaries come from the Oliver family of Pukekohe, including… Video, Audio

A Christchurch couple says their insurer totally botched the repairs of their quake-damaged house - and now will not pay for it.

Their lawyer said all householders should be worried this same thing… Audio

As Donald Trump faces criticism for his administration's own handling and downplaying the Covid-19 pandemic, the US President has turned the tables on the World Health Organisation, freezing their… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, government ministers and about 30 public service chief executives are taking a 20 percent pay cut over the next six months - but it does not go far enough for Act leader… Video, Audio

New Zealanders like a fair deal, so it is not surprising that the government's Price Watch inbox now has thousands of complaints.

Price Watch was set up as a repository for consumer concerns over… Video, Audio

Sixty New Zealanders who have been stranded in Peru and other parts of South America are back on home soil.

The government-assisted charter flight touched down in Auckland early this morning -… Audio

Tenants struggling to pay the rent as the lockdown drags on say calls for landlords to show compassion are going unanswered.

A pause on mortgage payments has not trickled down to rental deferrals for… Audio

Māori leaders are worried their people will suffer higher rates of unemployment after the level four lockdown lifts.

Māori unemployment is currently 8.4 percent - double that of the national average… Audio

Since the beginning of the lockdown the number of real jobs being posted online has dropped by over 70 percent according to one online job search site.

The government announced that unemployment… Audio

About 800,000 children went back to school, though none of them left their homes.

Because of the lockdown, teaching is being done over the internet or down the phone.

RNZ education correspondent… Audio

Former New Zealand Prime Minister and UN Development Programme Administrator Helen Clark says US President Donald Trump's decision to pull funding from the World Health Organisation is "foolish".

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US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will halt funding to the World Health Organisation for three months pending a review of the organisation after blaming it for mismanaging and… Audio

Huge waves have been hitting Wellington's south coast on Wednesday forcing people to leave their homes and injuring one person who got dragged out to sea.

A big southerly swell sent waves about six… Video, Audio