Lisa Owen

The media landscape has taken another dramatic turn with Bauer Media announcing the immediate closure of iconic titles like the Listener, Metro, New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Woman"s Day, Next and North… Audio

What happens to eager hunters during the Covid-19 lockdown when they cannot get out to shoot deer?

They turn to their backyards and set mouse traps of course!

Lydia Batham reports. Video, Audio

With less than a year until the start of the America's Cup, the future of the event is still unclear. Border restrictions, due to the covid-19 coronavirus, mean that teams might find it difficult to… Audio

A handful of New Zealanders who were stuck in Peru have managed to get out of the country, but they're pleading with the government for more help to get the dozens of others left behind home.

The… Audio

Health officials failed to tell a disability service it was linked to a cluster of Covid-19 cases before publicly outing it online.

The Ministry of Health yesterday announced 14 significant outbreaks… Audio

A Christchurch man who has been diagnosed with Covid-19 said it took three attempts to get tested because he had not travelled overseas or knowingly been in contact with an infected person.

Health… Video, Audio

Wednesday marks seven days since New Zealand moved into its Level four lockdown and it's been a week like no other.

Life across the country has been turned upside down and it's been challenging to… Video, Audio

A one-stop shop for Coronavirus testing has been set-up in a shipping container in the Northland town of Kaitaia.

Northland doctor Lance O'Sullivan has been working on the mobile clinic for weeks and… Video, Audio

Personal protective equipment - or PPE as we now know it - is in high demand around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

But what is it exactly? RNZ reporter Ruth Hill and cameraman Dom Thomas… Video, Audio

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

The closure of independent butchers during the Covid-19 lock-down could see pigs being euthanised as numbers swell and farmers are unable to keep and look after surplus stock.

The pork industry is… Audio

Overseas based retailers are eating the lunch of their local counterparts and continuing to sell non-essential goods online.

New Zealand retailers have been forced to close or get by on selling a few… Audio

When the government lifts the restrictions keeping people locked away in isolation, it plans to launch a massive infrastructure investment.

The Covid-19 pandemic could see unemployment rise to as… Audio

Southland is top of the unfortunate leaderboard for Covid-19 cases - with a 108 people with the virus, ahead of Auckland's 104.

Meanwhile the Southern DHB is waiting on tests results for 38 staff… Video, Audio

New Zealanders aged 20 to 29 are currently the group which makes up most of the cases of Covid-19. That's 183 out of 708.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had a stern message for any in that… Audio

New Zealand's economy is in for a hammering. The Treasury has warned a severe hit is coming, with predictions the unemployment rate could climb well into the double digits.

The bleak predictions come… Video, Audio

Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for Covid-19, and are getting closer by the day.

Jacob Glanville, who's one of the stars of Netflix documentary… Video, Audio

Despite the drop in Covid-19 cases over the past week, the Director-General of Health says they will continue to rise.

Today the numbers jumped to 647 total after 58 new confirmed and probable cases… Audio

Walkers out for their daily exercise are getting to grips with the new etiquette of social distancing.

But it is not all as easy as it seems. From being shouted at by neighbours, to avoiding the… Video, Audio

Home support workers are relieved they're in line to get essential protective equipment when visiting clients.

The government has announced District Health Boards will be distributing stocks to front… Audio