Nita Blake Persen

Driverless cars could soon be cruising around abandoned streets in Christchurch's red zone if plans for 'autonomous vehicle testing' get the green light. Video, Audio

Princesses, superheroes, villains and monsters are stalking streets around the country tonight on the scariest evening of the year. About 100 of them are at a real estate agency-turned haunted house… Video, Audio

ACC has received nearly 40 claims as a result of injuries from electric scooters. Audio

Hundreds of electric scooters have hit the streets of Auckland and Christchurch - but some pedestrians and motorists say they're a menace and it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously… Video, Audio

Our plastic is becoming Malaysia's problem - Nita Blake-Persen investigates what really happens to the waste we're shipping overseas to be recycled. Video, Audio

New Zealand's plastic waste exports to Malaysia have tripled in the first six months of this year after China banned waste imports. Video, Audio

HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones was named the best drama series, while Marvelous Mrs Maisel took the award for best comedy, lead actress, supporting actress, writing and directing. Video, Audio

Nurses around the country are about to return to work. Yesterday 30-thousand nurses walked off the job for 24 hours after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. Our… Audio

In the last few minutes about 30,000 of the country's nurses have walked off the job, after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. It's the first time in three decades… Audio

GPs and doctors clinics are gearing up for thousands of nurses to walk off the wards tomorrow, with elective surgeries postponed and hospitals winding down. Audio

A just-wrapped science mission off New Zealand's coast has broken new-ground. Geologists on a trip to the Kermadec Arc - 400 kilometres northeast of White Island - have managed to drill into the heart… Audio

The nurses union has put a new pay offer from district health boards to its members to vote on amid a protracted pay dispute. Nurses have been at an impasse with DHBs for months over pay and working… Video, Audio

The nurses union has called off a 24-hour strike planned for next Thursday after district health boards made a new offer. Nurses will vote on the offer next week. Video, Audio

Aucklanders cranking up their electric blankets and heaters to stay warm in seriously cold temperatures over night have churned through near-record amounts of power, as the city reached temperatures… Video, Audio

People living in South Auckland are losing their sight as doctors struggle to treat the soaring number of patients suffering from eye conditions. The Counties-Manukau District Health Board has been… Audio

An Auckland woman and her adult son are recovering in hospital after being stabbed multiple times at their dairy in what is being described as a violent and unprovoked attack. The attack has shocked… Video, Audio

Thousands of nurses are poised to walk off the job next month for the first time in nearly 30 years after rejecting a new pay offer from district health boards. But DHBs say there is simply no more… Video, Audio

Nurses will today reveal whether they plan to go ahead with proposed strikes or accept a new pay offer from District Health Boards. Last month DHBs offered nurses pay rises of nine percent over the… Audio