Lisa Owen

Just 24 overseas nurses have applied to work in Aotearoa under a new visa scheme that was supposed to make recruitment faster and easier.

The aged care sector alone estimates it is about 1000… Video, Audio

Christchurch's long wait for another All Blacks test is almost over.

Saturday's match against Argentina will be the All Blacks first in the city for six years.

The team will, however, make their… Video, Audio

Taranaki tyre shops are doing a roaring trade replacing bent and buckled wheel rims and tyres blown out on the region's pothole-riddled roads. 

But it is business they would rather not have. Some… Video, Audio

Roads around the Nelson-Marlborough region are an active construction site of flashing lights as crews work to get the crucial links re-opened after major flooding.

Council officials have been out… Video, Audio

The family of a Kiwi soldier killed in Ukraine have paid tribute to a man they say lived a life of a hero.

Corporal Dominic Abelen has been named as the New Zealand soldier killed on the frontline… Audio

The local Korean community is shocked there is a likely link between the homicide of two children and a migrant from their home country.

The Associated Press is reporting a relative of two children… Audio

Children and teenagers battling Long Covid are having to take months off school with debilitating symptoms.

More than 1.7 million New Zealanders have contracted the virus since the pandemic began… Video, Audio

A third of children who were placed in state care have ended up serving a prison sentence.

For Māori, it's nearly half. The data comes from research tabled before the Royal Commission into Abuse in… Audio

Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark has announced a new rule in the grocery sector that will see the supermarket duopoly forced to sell groceries to their competitors at set prices and terms if they… Video, Audio

Major disruptions across the top of Te Waipounamu, as the state highways connecting Blenheim and Nelson remain firmly shut.

The commute is now taking eight hours - with a diversion through… Video, Audio

Independent MP Gaurav Sharma hijacked the election of Parliament's new Speaker to level fresh allegations against Trevor Mallard.

Allegations the outgoing Speaker rejects. Here's our political… Video, Audio

Adrian Rurawhe has stepped up as Parliament's new Speaker, as former Speaker Trevor Mallard officially ended his tenure on Wednesday afternoon.

Mallard, a Speaker with a controversial reputation… Video, Audio

One of the warmest wettest winters on record has put the skids on Mt Ruapehu's ski season, and cost 130 workers their jobs.

That's a third of the staff working on the mountain's two main ski fields… Video, Audio

Supermarkets could be forced by the government to sell products to competitors at fixed prices, if they don't do it themselves.

The government has told the major players to open up their wholesale… Audio

Just five stores across Tāmaki Makaurau have received security upgrades as part of a $6 million support fund announced by the government.

The prevention programme was announced by then-Police… Video, Audio

A group in Christchurch is plotting a revolution against throw away culture, to help people maintain and fix their broken belongings.

The Repair Revolution meets once a month in a community house in… Video, Audio

New Zealand Cricket is threatening to pull stumps at New Plymouth's Pukekura Park - one of the country's best loved provincial grounds.

It says the facilities are no longer up to scratch and its… Video, Audio