Lisa Owen
Canterbury Crusaders keep name, but with new koru logo
Same name, new logo - that's the decision from the Crusaders following their lengthy review into the team's branding after the March 15 terror attacks.
The former rugby union boss Steve Tew even came… Video, Audio
Samoa measles patients 'deteriorating before our eyes' - doctor
In Samoa the death toll from the measles epidemic has risen by three overnight to 42.
Questions are now being raised about the role of the New Zealand government and whether help should have been… Video, Audio
Tui, Auckland's oldest pest-detection dog, retires
It is retirement day for "Mrs Consistent" after practically a life time with her nose to the grind stone.
Tui is a Foxy-Jack-Russell-cross who sniffs out rats and mice that threaten native wildlife… Video, Audio
Lime insists it doesn't know reason for Auckland scooter ban
Lime insists it has no real idea of why its scooters are being pulled from Auckland's streets.
The council has ordered the e-scooters be deactivated by midnight Monday.
At the same time it has… Video, Audio
Evening business for 29 November 2019
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Striking Auckland bus drivers to refuse passenger payments
Auckland bus commuters could be in for a free ride next week as striking bus drivers refuse to accept payments.
The free fares will affect around half of Auckland's bus routes, after members of the… Audio
Immigration NZ allows overstayers as it catches up on paperwork
Immigration New Zealand is so behind its visa paperwork, it's told some immigrants they could overstay while their applications are processed.
It has apologised to more than 100 people who were left… Audio
Lime scooters banned from Auckland, licence not renewed
The ride is over for Lime scooters in Auckland. Auckland Council announced on Friday that Lime has just one week to pull its e-scooters from the city's streets, after revealing they would not be… Audio
Alternative healers threaten reporters as Samoa measles epidemic worsens
A controversial 'healer' in Samoa, who attacked a Checkpoint crew who tried to talk to him, has been shut down by authorities as the measles crisis escalates. Video, Audio
Apology lifts a lifelong weight for Erebus victim's daughter
The daughter of a flight engineer killed in the Erebus crash says the apology today has lifted a weight she's been shouldering since she was a school girl - worrying her dad may have done something to… Video, Audio
'Big kid' Australian boy ordered off rugby field mid-tournament
An 11-year-old Australian boy of Cook Island Maori descent has been left in tears after he was described as "the big kid" and ordered off the field in the middle of a junior rugby tournament in Sydney… Audio
Woman sentenced over NZ's largest synthetic drug bust
A woman was sentenced in the Christchurch District Court today following the largest synthetic cannabis bust in New Zealand.
Forty-eight-year-old Fei He ran a $4 million synthetic cannabis operation… Video, Audio
Protestors curse mana whenua at Owairaka hui
Protesters at a public hui in Auckland cursed mana whenua of the ancestral maunga, Ōwairaka, Mt Albert, telling them they were colonisers and questioning their whakapapa.
The hui was called by Tūpuna… Audio
Measles death toll reaches 39 in Samoa
The death toll from the measles epidemic in Samoa has risen to 39 following the deaths of six young children overnight.
Checkpoint journalist Alex Perrottet is in Apia, where he says people are… Video, Audio
Urenui mudflats maybe contaminated with human waste
It's about as 'Kiwi' as jandals & pavlova - summer days with kids sliding belly first through piles of mud at the Urenui flats in Taranaki.
But a local school conservation project has discovered… Audio
Fire-damaged Auckland convention centre work to restart in Feb
Work to complete the fire damaged International Convention Centre in central Auckland is expected to begin again in February.
Fletcher Building told shareholders at this mornings annual meeting that… Video, Audio
Young Labour camp assaulter discharged without conviction
The young man who put his hand down the pants of two teenagers at a Young Labour summer camp has been discharged without conviction.
The 21-year-old stood trial in September after pleading not guilty… Audio
New gun laws 'racist' Waikato Mongrel Mob gang
A Waikato gang has come out strongly against proposed changes to guns laws, calling them racist, undemocratic and poorly thought out.
In what was a first, the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom has made a… Audio
Kamal Reddy appeals life sentence for murder
A man who murdered his ex-girlfriend and her young daughter and hid their bodies under a bridge in Auckland is appealing his prison sentence.
Kamal Reddy killed Pakeeza Yusuf in late 2006 by… Audio
Speeds to drop permanently on roads around NZ schools
Speed limits around the country's schools will be reduced to make streets safer for students, with more speed cameras planned to enforce the change.
Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter… Video, Audio