Lisa Owen

A new pilot programme is aiming to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes and the expensive ACC claims that come with them. Fifty-four motorcyclists rode into Parliament grounds today to remember… Video, Audio

The Provincial Growth Fund is stumping up $40 million for companies investing in converting waste to usable products to try and slow down the amount of low quality plastic being dumped in landfills. Video, Audio

Waitemata DHB has conceded there are gaps in patient records in its mental health unit; He Puna Waiora - gaps that contravene its own protocols. This follows two patients dying by suspected suicide… Video, Audio

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

Babies are being dropped at preschool with no formula or nappies, and toddlers are going without shoes or lunches in the middle of winter. KidsCan is helping 25 early childhood centres, where teachers… Video, Audio

An investigation has cleared two Crusaders players of wrongdoing in separate incidents in South Africa. However, New Zealand Rugby has asked the Crusaders to urgently review their protocols for team… Video, Audio

Some expectant Southland mothers are considering travelling hundreds of kilometres away to give birth because they've lost faith in the local maternity care services. We wanted to see what's been… Video, Audio

While more than 100 medicines sit on Pharmac's waiting list, some for 10 years, the UK's own agency - NICE - doesn't have a waiting list. It's ranked one of the best OECD countries in terms of access… Video, Audio

Every Monday morning, a group of kids wait with their parents at the first walking school bus-stop for volunteers to walk them to Birkenhead Primary, on Auckland's North Shore. Walking with them is… Video, Audio

Invercargill councillor Lesley Soper says she is concerned about Mayor Tim Shadbolt, who she says is increasingly confused, losing track at council meetings and going off on tangents. She spoke to… Video, Audio

Two cousins linked to the Comancheros have been found guilty of murdering a man and trying to murder his wife in Māngere last year. Court reporter Anneke Smith has the details. Video, Audio

An 860 hectare mountain bike park worth about $22 million has been gifted to the New Zealand public. An international investor has transferred the land south of Nelson to the Department of… Video, Audio

As the deadline closes in for the government's Healthy Homes standards, families living in state homes say more than extra insulation is needed to keep their children warm and healthy. Nita… Video, Audio

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

Wales coach Warren Gatland will move to the Chiefs next year - a signing hailed as a major coup for NZ Rugby. Audio