Lisa Owen

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

A Samoan chief on trial for slavery says he brought five of the complainants to New Zealand to perform at his mother's birthday party, but they ran away and became overstayers.

Joseph Auga Matamata… Video, Audio

Markets around the world have been shaken by a perfect storm of the coronavirus and an oil shock.

The NZX Top 50 was down around five percent in early trading on Tuesday morning, before bouncing back… Video, Audio

CNN's Ben Wederman is in Bologna. He says life in the northern Italian city has come to a standstill. Video, Audio

Italy is officially in lockdown, after the government extended its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country.

Italy is the worst affected country in Europe, with nearly 500 dead from the… Video, Audio

Markets around the world have been shaken by a perfect storm of the Covid-19 spread and an oil shock.

The New Zealand share market has clawed back much of its losses and closed down 194 points, about… Video, Audio

Droughts are likely to be declared in more regions as the big dry spreads further south and farmers continue to struggle with water shortages.

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor says sprinklings of… Audio

A wildlife veterinarian says he strongly suspects that hundreds of gulls found dead on beaches in Horowhenua were poisoned.

Scores of dead black-backed gulls have been found on beaches from the… Video, Audio

Targeted wage subsidies are on the cards as the government looks to bolster the economy in the face of the fallout from Covid-19.

BNZ has warned New Zealand's risk of a recession is building by the… Audio

Some tourism businesses in New Zealand say they are losing tens of thousands of dollars due to cancellations.

Others say they're also seeing far fewer tourists in typically busy hotspots, and are… Audio

The Conservation Minister has unveiled plans to make New Zealand predator free by 2050, but admits we don't yet have the science to get there.

The plan includes short-term goals, like wiping out… Audio

The government wants public feedback about whether to change the road rules to let people cycle on the footpath.

It is one of a raft of proposed changes including imposing speed limits on all wheeled… Audio

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

Health campaigner Dr Lance O'Sullivan says he could have had mobile medical clinics ready months ago to use in emergencies, but the Ministry of Health would not listen.

It comes as the government… Video, Audio

There have been no more confirmed or probable cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, but health officials are ramping up their efforts to stamp out the virus.

Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand's new chief executive says redundancies cannot be ruled out as the company weathers financial turbulence in the Covid-19 outbreak. Video, Audio

The government has unveiled the beginnings of a business rescue package which will include a wage subsidy scheme for those affected by the economic downturn brought by Covid-19.

Treasury has also… Video, Audio

A Southland farmer and imam is part of a road trip from Auckland to Christchurch to talk about Islam and honour those who died in the mosque killings.

Reza-Abdul Jabbar owns a dairy farm near Mokotua… Audio

A spill at a sludge treatment plant in Wellington has left residents downwind gagging on the smell.

Wellington Water says two mechanical failures at the treatment plant at the Southern Landfill led… Audio

Patients face rationing of subsidised paracetamol from Monday due to international shortages related to Covid-19. Pharmac says it's inevitable there will more disruptions to other drug supplies with… Audio