Sarah Robson

Winter is just around the corner and some pensioners are already thinking about what they can cut back on so they can pay their power bills.

The winter energy payment for people on benefits and… Audio

Proudly sitting on Labour's website is a list of achievements that includes its move to permanently increase main benefits by $25 a week.

But a year on from that top-up, Auckland University research… Audio

A year on from the government's $25 increase to benefits, some solo parents and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses say it's made very little difference to their budgets.

Auckland… Audio

The government's management of the border is under increasing scrutiny today, after it temporarily suspended all travel from India to New Zealand. 

It says that's due to an explosion in Covid-19… Audio

After more than 33 years, two men have finally been held to account for shooting dead a popular publican at the Red Fox Tavern in Maramarua.

Chris Bush was gunned down at the pub the Saturday night… Audio

Two men have been found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery over the Red Fox Tavern shooting, 33 years ago.

For the last seven weeks, Mark Hoggart and another man with name suppression have been… Video, Audio

The judge in the trial of the two men charged over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago will sum the case up to the jury this morning - before they retire to consider their… Audio

In the year since the country went into lockdown, job losses have been nowhere near as bad as feared in the early stages of the pandemic.

But the number of people on the main unemployment benefit… Audio

Lawyers for the two men on trial over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago have told the jury there's nowhere near enough evidence to find them guilty.

Chris Bush was gunned… Audio

The lawyer for one of the men on trial over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago - says it's almost certain someone else committed the crime. Publican Chris Bush was gunned… Audio

The trial of two men charged over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago is drawing to a close, with the Crown making its closing address to the jury yesterday.

Father-of-two… Audio

Three earthquakes, tsunami warnings and thousands of people heading for the hills.

For residents of towns on the East Cape the alert came in the middle of the night, after an earthquake off the coast… Audio

Since two new cases linked to the February cluster emerged on Saturday, Jacinda Ardern's expressed her frustrations with their failure to follow the rules - ultimately causing Auckland to go back into… Audio

A man who brandished a gun at the police in Papatoetoe has died in hospital, after he was shot by officers last night.

A Criminal Incident Investigation is underway, and the Independent Police… Audio

Police shot and critically injured a man in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe last night.

Officers were called to a house in Avis Avenue before six o'clock after a shot was fired through the window… Audio

Latest child poverty stats show improvements were being made before Covid-19 hit - but officials warn any progress is now likely to have been undone by the pandemic.

Figures released by Stats NZ for… Audio

Before covid-19 hit, Stats NZ says progress was being made to reduce child poverty, with improvements across the nine different measures compared to two years ago.

However, the official figures out… Audio

On Tuesday we'll learn how Jacinda Ardern's government is faring in her own portfolio - child poverty.

Statistics New Zealand will release its second report into how many children are living in… Audio

It has been revealed one of the men on trial over the Red Fox Tavern murder more than 30 years ago was jailed for a similar robbery several years earlier.

Forty-three-year-old father of two Chris… Video, Audio