Lisa Owen

If you have ever flown long-haul in cattle class you will know only too well the pain and frustration of not being able to lie down.

Now Air NZ has moved to patent a new economy class sleep pod that… Video, Audio

As coronavirus continues to spread offshore, local Asian businesses say they're starting to fail as customers stay away.

Profits have halved for some Chinese restaurants in Auckland, and with the… Video, Audio

New Zealand is readying for a major economic shock as the world reacts with increasing alarm to the coronavirus outbreak which has now claimed 2,700 lives worldwide.

Although there are signs it may… Audio

The number of New Zealand retirees getting their Super while earning more than $100,000 has topped 30,000 - costing taxpayers more than half a billion dollars each year.

Figures released to… Video, Audio

A Huntly woman who found thousands of wasps nesting in her home says it was a beautiful thing to behold.

Karla Ferguson had seen wasps in her kitchen for weeks before she decided to check it out… Video, Audio

A new front has opened up in West Auckland's tree saga, with a Ngāti Whatua representative delivering a stinging rebuke to the Waitematā Local Board today.

The plan to get rid of some 200 pine trees… Audio

A programme to install webcams on Kāpiti Island is being expanded in an effort to clamp down on illegal poachers.

The first webcam was installed at the end of 2018 and another last year and it's… Video, Audio

A South Taranaki iwi is demanding answers after an ammonia leak at a South Taranaki meat processor killed more than a thousand fish and eels.

The leak at Silver Fern Farms' Hawera plant last week is… Audio

Police have confirmed they are looking into at least one complaint about a threatening and derogatory social media post made by Vision New Zealand's campaign manager Jevan Goulter.

Vision NZ leader… Video, Audio

A major conservation plan is being developed to protect the South Island's unique alpine environment from Himalayan tahrs.

The large goat-like animals were introduced to New Zealand during the early… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has arrived in Fiji where talks have quickly turned to climate change and what more can be done.

Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has sent a message to Jacinda… Video, Audio

A top member of the Comancheros and an Auckland lawyer have been jailed for laundering millions of dollars for the gang.

After a large police raid on the Comancheros gang last year, the… Audio

A West Auckland man who attacked his mother with a hammer before calling the police has been found guilty of murder.

Martin Marinovich was his mother's sole caregiver when he smashed her head with a… Video, Audio

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

No worse, but no better - that is the conclusion of the Children's Commissioner following the release of the latest child poverty statistics.

While the government is claiming it's lifted more than… Audio

The four men charged with electoral fraud - including sitting MP Jami Lee Ross - will fight the accusations made against them, pleading not guilty in their first court appearance on Tuesday.

Mr Ross… Video, Audio

One of the country's biggest fishing companies made nearly $27,000 in donations to the New Zealand First Foundation, which has been bankrolling the New Zealand First Party.

Records viewed by RNZ show… Video, Audio

Hannah Tamaki's Vision New Zealand political party has fired its campaign manager Jevan Goulter after his response to criticism of Tamaki taking part in a TV dance show.

Tamaki, who leads Destiny… Video, Audio

Hundreds of people have gathered on parliament grounds for an RNZ Concert Birthday Bash.

It is 87 years since RNZ Concert was first established - and musicians from around the country brought their… Video, Audio

Massey University is considering axing science, computing and engineering courses in the first steps of a major restructure that could affect hundreds of jobs and students.

It wants to stop… Audio