Lisa Owen

The National Party says the police should be doing more to find out how many now prohibited firearms are in the country.

Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Clements gave a briefing on the gun buyback… Audio

The Labour staffer at the centre of allegations of sexual assault has quit, saying he wanted to avoid any further stress or distraction.

The staffer made his first public statement this afternoon… Audio

A Napier man's wedding ring has taken a miraculous 2000km return trip thanks to an eagle-eyed Dunedinite and a bit of plain old luck.

Don Alexander, 84, lost his ring while packing up crates of… Audio

People using e-cigarettes are being urged to only buy the products from reputable shops they know and trust.

The advice comes amid rising concern about the potential for serious health harm from… Audio

Tributes have been flowing from across the Pacific after Tonga's Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, who has died aged 78.

Before becoming Prime Minister in 2014, Mr Pohiva spent decades as the… Audio

History was made at Parliament on Thursday when the Prime Minister announced that New Zealand history would be made a compulsory subject in all primary and secondary schools by 2022.

It left iwi… Video, Audio

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

The Minister in charge of Southern Response Grant Robertson tells Lisa Owen the decision to appeal the Dodds' High Court judgement is the government's decision, and maintains it's the right decision… Video, Audio

A Christchurch home owner says he'll fight insurer Southern Response to the very end, after learning he's being forced back into court for an appeal, after already winning his case.

Last month the… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to say exactly who within the Labour Party assured her there was no sexual assault complaint.

Nigel Haworth resigned as Labour Party President on Wednesday… Video, Audio

A woman sexually assaulted by a former Marist brother as a young girl has told a court her life was destroyed by the abuse.

Michael Beaumont abused three girls while working in his community as a… Audio

Health officials have been accused of using patients with depression as guinea pigs by changing an anti-depressant drug to a generic one.

The comments came at a Health Select Committee on Wednesday… Audio

"They were just numbers" - that's how a quantity surveyor describes how Arrow International treated customers during his time working there.

Arrow International - which collapsed earlier this year -… Video, Audio

It's been dubbed this generation's Bastion Point. The stand-off at Ihumātao in South Auckland burst into the headlines in July after an eviction notice was served to protestors who wanted to stop a… Video, Audio

"This is not the end." That's the message from the police inspector in charge of the investigation into the brutal killing of Upper Hutt woman Lois Tolley after an arrest was finally made in the case.

Labour Party President Nigel Haworth’s resignation was announced just before midday on Wednesday, as the fiasco around allegations of assaults by a Labour Party staffer.

The Prime Minister accepted… Video, Audio

Aotearoa's biggest demolition job has entered its final stage.

This morning media were given a final chance to walk through Christchurch's Lancaster Park before it is completely brought to the… Video, Audio

A former police constable says he considered suicide because of the persistent bullying he faced during his time with the police.

The man was a police officer for nearly three decades in England and… Audio

The government says suicide is a "national tragedy" and wants to tackle it with a new prevention office. Last year 685 people took their own lives and the government says it's determined to reduce the… Audio