Lisa Owen

The Gore District Council is holding its first public meeting since it was revealed its most senior elected and unelected officials are no longer speaking.

Ben Bell ousted long-time incumbent Tracy… Video, Audio

Auckland Council's chief executive has broken his silence a week on from the release of a damning flood review.

Commissioned by the Mayor, the review highlights the numerous failings of council in… Audio

Chorus - New Zealand's main provider of telecommunications infrastructure - is apologising for wait times blowing out due to a shortage of almost 200 technicians.

It says some customers have been in… Video, Audio

Some parents are struggling to see how taking just one student out of a teacher's classroom will lift their child's learning outcomes.

The Education Minister announced the Goverment will reduce… Video, Audio

The Wellington Phoenix have signed Giancarlo Italiano as the team's new head coach for the next two A-League football seasons.

Italiano has been the side's assistant coach since 2019. He will replace… Video, Audio

A North Canterbury hunting competition is encouraging kids to shoot feral cats - and whoever bags the most between now and the end of June - wins a $250 prize.

The SPCA is investigating the death of… Audio

According to new international research seven out 10 new cases of Type 2 diabetes globally are caused by a "suboptimal diet".

That includes too much red and processed meats, refined carbs and sugary… Video, Audio

The new boss of Auckland Transport aims to get ferry, bus and train use in the city back to pre-Covid levels in just eight months.

Dean Kimpton hops aboard as chief executive at time when more than… Video, Audio

The government's defending a blow out in communications staff - saying they're needed for direct engagement with the public.

National is accusing the government of overseeing a bloated bureaucracy… Audio

More than seven decades after her three brothers were murdered, Mihi Kui Edwards was to be reunited with her siblings.

She died, aged 89, in March 2021 and was to be buried with her slain siblings at… Video, Audio

The government has revealed plans to lower class sizes at primary and intermediate school levels.

Ratios will go from one teacher to 29 students to one to 28, for years 4 to 8. That means an extra… Video, Audio

Air NZ is refreshing its onboard menu for short hops, right through to long haul international.

Brace for the chips vs cookie debate and everything in between.

Air New Zealand's Leanne Geraghty… Video, Audio

The All Blacks have locked in two players until the next World Cup in 20-27 but could face losing others to lucrative overseas offers.

Blues back and 59-Test All Black Reiko Ioane and Chiefs hooker… Audio

An epidemiologist says it's time to 'de-prioritise' the response to Covid 19 - a disease he says will now be no worse than the flu for the majority of the population.

There has been a surge in cases… Audio

Police have this afternoon issued a plea for motorists to take better care on the roads, following the death of seven people in the space of 12 hours.

Superintendent Steve Greally says he feels for… Audio

The government has unveiled plans to reduce primary school class sizes by just a single student. One teacher to 29 children is the current ratio for years 4 to 8.

The government plans to drop it to… Video, Audio

Residents in some of the most remote areas of north west Australia, are hunkering down, as a category two cyclone batters their region.

Described as the most severe cyclone to hit the region in 14… Video, Audio