Lisa Owen

Taekwondo champions from around the world are descending on Napier, for the first ever international special needs tournament.

Athletes from 10 countries are taking part in Saturday's tournament… Video, Audio

University of Auckland management is being urged to take a stand against white supremacist propaganda on campus, or risk scaring away future students.

A new wave of posters and stickers promoting a… Video, Audio

Business owners hungry for a new opportunity have been sniffing around Maketu Pies.

The iconic pie maker was placed in receivership last Friday after 37 years in business.

But the receivers say… Video, Audio

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

All Black Ardie Savea will look even more like a super hero in Wednesday night's Rugby World Cup match against Canada, with the flanker set to wear goggles for the first time.

In a bid to protect his… Video, Audio

Two Auckland women have lost their unborn babies after contracting measles.

Auckland health authorities been giving details of the complications suffered in the outbreak.

More than 1300 people have… Video, Audio

Olympic and Commonwealth shooter Chloe Tipple is backing the teen who has expressed disappointment at losing her AR-15 rifle to the semi-automatic gun ban, saying kids as young as six and younger can… Video, Audio

A 13-year-old girl is accusing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of crushing her hopes and dreams with new gun laws that have forced her to hand back her prized semi-automatic rifle.

That has sparked… Video, Audio

With nearly 40 percent of Porirua city's population under the age of 25, mayoral hopefuls are making their pitch to the youth.

But an annual council stock-take shows children and young people are… Audio

Spark Sport is defending its Rugby World Cup service, saying all but one of the games it has streamed have been without issue.

The tournament's New Zealand broadcast rights holder apologised and… Audio

The government is being urged to do more to crack down on pay for top officials and executives in the state sector.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has already told the chairs of Air New Zealand and… Audio

It's the mystery of the missing roast. Long-time Great Barrier resident and chef Tim Andrews lovingly cooked up a pork belly at home on Friday afternoon, but then something very odd happened. He tells… Video, Audio

Most public hospitals were under intense pressure on Monday, caring for patients without routine access to x-rays and scans.

Hundreds of radiographers belonging to the Apex union walked off wards… Audio

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

The All Blacks have made a raft of changes to the team to play Canada in their second Rugby World Cup pool match in Oita on Wednesday with an entirely different front row, midfield and wings.

The… Video, Audio

The police have just finished a briefing following the arrest of a man for Christchurch builder Michael McGrath.

Michael McGrath, who was 49 when he went missing, was last seen in May 2017 at his… Audio

Police have described the death of an elderly couple found dead in their Christchurch home in a suspected murder suicide as an absolute tragedy.

They received a call at 4am from an elderly man who… Audio

A flying student who died in a plane crash in the Tararua Ranges was only one training flight away from getting his pilot's licence.

The man died with his instructor when the light plane went down… Video, Audio

The country's biggest banks have announced they will be trialing regional hubs, and have shelved further closures of branches outside the main centres, for now.

The government has announced four… Audio