Lisa Owen
Housing portfolio gets a makeover in Cabinet reshuffle
The prime minister has reshuffled her Cabinet, dividing the housing portfolio between three ministers, while admitting the government had got things wrong with KiwiBuild. Video, Audio
‘Senior citizen’ monkey gets special treatment
A 28-year-old monkey who escaped a life in the circus to spend his twilight years with a foster family and his best friend - a cat - has had an emergency trip to the vet after he lost hair and weight… Video, Audio
Kris Faafoi: Important to get ‘right mix’ of housing
Kris Faafoi has been promoted to Cabinet and is now the minister responsible for public housing and tackling homelessness. He told Lisa Owen he hopes to accelerate opportunities to get people into… Video, Audio
NZ First’s support for euthanasia bill conditional on referendum
New Zealand First MP Tracey Martin says deliberate delays to the End of Life Choice Bill mean the public might not get its say on euthanasia at the 2020 election. Audio
Evening business for Thursday 27 June
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Departing Treasury boss criticised on last day at work
On his last day at work, the outgoing Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf has been slammed as clumsy and unreasonable in his handling of last month's Budget breach. Deputy Political Editor Craig… Video, Audio
Victim Support distributes more money to mosque shooting victims
While victims of the mosque attacks and their families are grateful for the money they have received from donations, some say it won't go far, while others say there isn't enough for those who were… Video, Audio
Housing portfolio ‘bigger than one person’
Phil Twyford has lost his housing portfolio, which has been divvied up between other ministers, leaving him to focus on urban development. Political Editor Jane Patterson told Checkpoint the changes… Video, Audio
Housing portfolio divvied up in PM’s Cabinet shuffle
A new team of ministers is tasked with renovating the Government's housing programme. Megan Woods will lead the new team and take charge of the beleaguered KiwiBuild policy, while Phil Twyford focuses… Audio
No pain relief available for mother during fast labour in Lumsden
A fourth baby has been born in Southland before the mother could reach a primary birthing unit. Each of the mothers planned to travel more than an hour away to primary birthing units, but either were… Audio
MPs: Why we’ve changed our minds on euthanasia bill
MPs are set to vote in the next few hours on the second reading of David Seymour's End of Life Choice bill. National MP Judith Collins voted against it in the first reading but will now vote in… Video, Audio
Government tells principals it won’t increase pay offer
Primary school principals have rejected the government's latest pay offer, holding out for pay parity with secondary school principals. Secretary of Education Iona Holsted told Checkpoint the… Video, Audio
Treaty of Waitangi document sold for $31,000 to private collector
The buyer of what's thought to be the only remaining proof copy of an original Treaty of Waitangi proclamation of sovereignty says he's thrilled with the purchase. Spencer Scoular bought the rare… Video, Audio
Victim Support to distribute a further $2.5m
Victim Support will tomorrow tell the victims of the mosque shootings how it plans to hand out $2.5 million donated to them, promising this time it's listened to the victims. Video, Audio
Facebook to give French hate speech suspects' info to courts
In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges. Lisa Bernhard reports. Video, Audio
Middlemore Hospital staff increasingly escorted to cars over safety fears
Security guards at Middlemore Hospital are escorting staff and visitors to their cars more than 4000 times a month as safety fears continue. The DHB says that's an eight-fold increase since March when… Video, Audio
Evening business for Wednesday 26 June
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
'Huge mud crater' opens up in woman's backyard
Rotorua resident Susan Gedye thought it was an earthquake when her Whakarewarewa house shook and the earth rumbled early this morning. But it wasn't an earthquake - it was a bubbling, steaming… Video, Audio
End of Life Choice bill faces toughest hurdle yet
A handful of votes looks likely to make the difference in whether the voluntary euthanasia bill is voted through its second reading tonight. The first reading passed 76 to 44 last year, but this vote… Video, Audio
‘There are going to be teachers paid more than principals’
The principal of a small rural school says she can't help but consider a return to teaching, after she rejected a pay offer that would have left her making less than a senior teacher at a bigger… Video, Audio
