New Zealand

The West Coast's mayors are calling on the government to relax the lockdown rules in their region to save jobs and businesses.

There are no active cases of Covid-19 in the West Coast DHB area and… Audio

The government is to give small businesses interest free loans to help them with the economic turmoil post-lockdown.

The Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme will provide assistance of up to a… Audio

Waitematā DHB concedes it has had complaints about ill-fitting masks that are supposed to protect staff from Covid-19.

The DHB's launched an investigation into the use of PPE (personal protective… Video, Audio

A nurse at Waitematā DHB where three staff have contracted Covid-19 says "beggars belief" that personal protective equipment use failed.

But she says her DHB is ill-prepared and has shown… Audio

New Zealand Rugby's top decision makers opened the books on the state of the country's biggest sport today.

The national body was expecting to make a substantial loss last year - but things turned… Audio

The Minister of Social Development is under growing pressure to do more to help migrant workers in desperate circumstances after losing their jobs due to Covid-19 lockdown and who are unable to access… Video, Audio

A flurry of complaints about people flouting the alert level three rules has seen the Prime Minister reminding us about the restrictions still in place.

The police have set up an online reporting… Audio

Animal welfare charities are expecting a flood of abandoned animals as the country loosens up lockdown restrictions.

Helping U Help Animals - also known as HUHA, was already at capacity across their… Video, Audio

A disgraced police officer who raped his female colleague as she slept has been jailed for six years.

Jamie Foster raped the woman at a Kerikeri motel they had been put up in while working during… Audio

Are community checkpoints legal or illegal? Volunteers have run community checkpoints throughout the lockdown, with professional traffic management help, pulling cars over and questioning motorists… Audio

Fiona Robinson was in a sleepy coastal village somewhere in Argentina when quite by chance she discovered late in the piece, the world was shutting down all around her.

After a breathtakingly… Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay man has been sent to jail for stabbing a neighbour over a missing packet of tobacco.

Vaughan Davies was convicted of manslaughter for killing father of six Bruce Wirihana in Hastings… Audio

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

An iwi roadblock north of Whangārei remains in place under level three, with volunteers reporting huge increases in traffic.

As questions remain over the legality of such checkpoints, some drivers… Video, Audio

The Director General of Health has poured water on calls from infectious disease specialists for a vaccine to be manufactured here in New Zealand.

On Thursday the specialists aired their fears that… Audio

A migrant worker was forced to ask a budget centre for adult nappies because he was sleeping in his car after losing his job and home due to Covid-19. He does not qualify for a benefit because of his… Video, Audio

New Zealand should brace itself for a new wave of immense poverty and mental distress as it grapples with the fallout from Covid-19.

That was the warning to MPs on the Epidemic Response Committee… Audio

He walked 100 laps of his garden, raised more than £29 million for the UK health system, and now British War Veteran Captain Tom Moore has received more than 100,000 birthday cards to mark his 100th… Video, Audio

Whether heading off on a family outing, or just a trip to the shops to top up on supplies, or even for an essential worker's new way of commuting to work, cycling has been a clear winner of the… Audio

Fiordland tourism operators say the rules governing the National Park are outdated and leave no room for common sense.

Each national park is required to have its management plan reviewed every 10… Audio