New Zealand

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

St John paramedics say they're absolutely gutted that their employer has backtracked on its promise to pay weekend and overnight shift rates.

The ambulance service says it's facing a large deficit… Audio

A South Auckland family with a boy using a wheelchair are living in a garage because of lack of suitable state housing. Maria and her two children have been camped out in a relative's garage for six… Video, Audio

The rules for managed isolation and quarantine may be tightened even further as the government works to restore public confidence in the border regime.

Ministers and officials are still dealing with… Audio

It was a tearful homecoming of sorts for Te Raekura Redcliffs School on Monday morning - nine years after the Christchurch quakes forced it out of its origin location.

The school has been rebuilt -… Video, Audio

Meanwhile, a man who arrived back in New Zealand to be with his dying father has described a hellish four days confined to an Auckland hotel room with no opening windows.

Chris Tunbridge is staying… Audio

The government is ramping up its border control measures amid two new positive cases today - both at quarantine hotels in Auckland.

One is a teenage woman who arrived from Pakistan, and was on the… Audio

Warriors players and fans are as shocked as the rest of the rugby league community by the sacking of coach Stephen Kearney.

The former Kiwis coach was dumped by the NRL side over the weekend, the… Audio

Four jails denied inmates their basic human rights during the covid 19 lockdown, meaning they missed out on their minimum one hour daily exercise in the open air.

The Chief Ombusdman Peter Boshier… Video, Audio

After the police arrest of a tagger led to his hospitalisation, one barrister says cops should never use force for minor crimes.

A video has appeared on Twitter showing a video of Nikau Andrews being… Audio

Tributes continue to flow today for Constable Matthew Hunt, the police officer shot dead in Auckland on Friday morning.

The 28-year-old was killed and another officer shot in a hail of bullets during… Audio

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

A New Zealand resident in mandatory isolation on Australia's Cold Coast says its seems much stricter there than it is here and he has not had physical contact with another human being for ten days or… Audio

A top epidemiologist is warning that people in Melbourne - and across the state of Victoria - could be facing another lockdown of up to two months.

Victoria has had to scrap plans to relax some… Audio

Residents at Auckland's Stamford Plaza are being threatened with legal action after going public with their concerns about plans for the hotel to be used as a managed isolation facility.

Last Friday… Video, Audio

Border protections have been ratcheted up again, as New Zealanders continue to return home in droves.

It comes after two new positive cases on Monday - one is a teenage woman who arrived from… Video, Audio

In breaking news, it's been revealed the military official who was yesterday announced as the new head of our border controls has in fact been in charge of isolation facilities and repatriation for at… Audio