New Zealand

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

Navy staff at the Devonport Base have welcomed their newest recruit - the HMNZS Aotearoa. 

Measuring the length of two rugby fields and costing more than $500 million, Navy staff say the boat is… Video, Audio

Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult is welcoming the $85 million government boost for infrastructure projects in Queenstown, saying it is "no panacea" but a big step in the right direction. Video, Audio

The football community across New Zealand is in celebration mode after the country was awarded the rights to host the 2023 Women's World Cup alongside Australia.

A vote of the FIFA Council in Zurich… Audio

Tourism operators are welcoming plans to waive DOC fees so they can work on conservation land for for free for the next year.

Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced $25 million has been earmarked to… Video, Audio

Queenstown's struggling economy has been given a major shot in the arm, with the government coughing up $85 million to fast-track local projects.

It says the cash it coughs up will unlock a total of… Audio

On Friday afternoon a tornado has ripped through the small coastal town of Mangawhai, about an hour and a half north of Auckland. Local Pamela Gervai describes the wild weather to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

Cautious optimism is the mood at New Zealand Football as they prepare to find out the fate of their joint bid with Australia to host the 2023 Women's World Cup.

At 4am Friday, either the trans-Tasman… Audio

Auckland Council has today been grilling its own water company, Watercare, over the management of the region's water shortage.

At a council meeting this morning, Watercare said the city is… Audio

There are three new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, while two people have now recovered from the disease. One of the cases was flagged yesterday, a woman isolating in a hotel in Rotorua.

And… Audio

National's change in leader has helped the party claw back some political points.

The latest 1News Colmar Brunton poll has revealed a boost for the party - but it's still not enough for them to win… Video, Audio

It's been dubbed Canterbury's little seaside community who never gave up.

Nine years in the making, it was Redcliffs School''s grand re-opening today after earthquake damage rendered the old site… Video, Audio

Political parties are ramping up their electioneering, with Hawke's Bay the battleground for the hearts and minds of voters today.

While National leader Todd Muller was wooing farmers in rural… Audio

The Supreme Court has been told the Peter Ellis criminal appeal should be heard despite his death, in order to provide finality to the case and restore his mana.

If the appeal is granted, it could… Video, Audio

There is concern raising the bar to get a Covid-19 test has come too early, as winter ills surge and recent border lapses play on people's minds.

Today is the first day the Ministry of Health no… Audio

Northland and Auckland got a desperately needed downpour overnight but parts of the Coromandel got too much, causing flooding and slips.

Farmers woke up with new ponds in their paddocks and flood… Audio

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

Qantas is slashing at least 6,000 jobs, and says it needs to become a "smaller airline" because of the pandemic.

The Australian national carrier says its strategy will save $15 billion over three… Audio

AJ Hackett bungy's owners were jumping for joy after news the company would receive $10.2 million in government help to get back on its feet.

But questions are being raised over whether the company… Audio