Lisa Owen

The government's added another $10 million the new Dunedin Hospital development, but that does not guarantee any more patient beds or operating theatres.

But it comes with a commitment. The Health… Video, Audio

Thousands of fans have packed Apia Park to watch Moana Pasifika play their first game in Samoa.

They're playing the Reds in the Super Rugby Pacific match up. And local fans have come out in big… Video, Audio

The wife of Blue Ferry skipper Bill Elliot has spoken for the first time as the wider family gathers at his bedside.

The 77 year old was airlifted from Paihia to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital and… Video, Audio

Northland Regional Harbour Master Jim Lyle talks to Lisa Owen about the water between Paihia and Russell, after a powerful motor boat crashed into a passenger ferry yesterday.

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Bay of Islands locals are calling for harsher penalties for recreational boaties, after witnesses described the launch involved in yesterday's collision with the Paihia-Russell ferry travelling at… Video, Audio

The FBI recently tweeted out a warning to avoid using public USB ports.

The US agency says "bad actors" have found ways to use them to introduce malware and moinitoring software onto devices.

Jordan… Video, Audio

A ferry skipper is in a critical condition following a collision between two boats in the Bay of Islands. Robyn was travelling with her husband and two young grandsons from Russell to Paihia just… Video, Audio

The govenrment has scrubbed up and relaunched it's highly controversial three waters policy - complete with a new name - "affordable water reforms".

It's ditched plans for four mega-water entities in… Video, Audio

A passenger on the ferry involved in a collision with a motor boat between Russell and Paihia today described the boat as a "massive launch" coming full throttle straight towards the side of ferry… Video, Audio

A Dunedin ice cream shop has had to stop making its custom waffle cones because it cannot get enough eggs.

Patti's and Cream churns through hundreds of eggs a week, making the cones and speciality… Video, Audio

There are warnings that the impact of the teacher shortage could be exacerbated, as relief teachers leave the profession.

Ministry of Education figures reveal there are 3000 fewer relief teachers… Video, Audio

Wellington Zoo is now home to a pair of snow leopard sisters. Asha and Manju have come from Melbourne Zoo and are the only snow leopards in New Zealand.

Our visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to… Video, Audio

Fancy a change of pace and cheaper housing? A tiny Australian outback desert town is offering grants of more than $20,000 to anyone who builds a house there and moves in.

Quilpie is about 1000km west… Video, Audio

Groundwater sites, failing drinking water standards, lakes reaching breaking point and more nitrates entering rivers, not to mention climate change.

New Zealand's freshwater environment is in a bad… Audio

Kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati have been left badly damaged, after a tornado ripped through on Tuesday.

One family were sheltering inside as the ferocious storm took out… Video, Audio

The family of a man with an intellectual disability say he has been neglected while waiting six months in hospital for a hip operation, and they fear he may even die there.

Pukekohe man Arthur Brown… Video, Audio

There's now 99 days to go until the FIFA women's Football World Cup in New Zealand and Australia - but fans here may not be feeling quite as positive about things as they were a day ago.

Overnight… Video, Audio

A damning report has found some cancer patients are being denied access to timely specialist care, because of where they live.

The investigation by the Health and Disability Commission detailed six… Audio