Katie Todd

A band of bad weather hit the top of the country hard this morning, creating widespread flooding.

Two months worth of rain fell in two hours in Tamaki Makaurau this morning.

Thousands of lightning… Audio

Helensville could become home to a solar farm that's almost as big as the town itself.

The 100-hectare project has met fierce opposition from a group of locals, preparing to fight tooth and nail to… Audio

The Reserve Bank has acted to curb rampant inflation and it is going to sting. It's lifting the Official Cash Rate to 1 percent.

Experts say it's going to hurt struggling businesses, first-home… Audio

Shorter isolation times and less intensive contact tracing is on the horizon. New Zealand will step into phase two of the Omicron response, from Wednesday.

The shift has just been announced after… Audio

The bill for unpaid stays in MIQ has ballooned to more than $38 million, six months after debt collectors began chasing returnees who have yet to pay.

Nearly 6000 bills are more than 90 days overdue… Audio

With managed isolation set to be scaled back over the coming months, staff who've been running the facilities for the past two years fear their wages could be about to drop too.

There are currently… Audio

Nearly two years after Aotearoa's borders slammed shut, they're finally set to open again.

Missed weddings, funerals, births and everything in between - it's been an excruciating wait for many.

But… Audio

Families enduring five-week MIQ stays after testing positive for Covid-19, are among the voices calling for a shift to self-isolation for returnees.

Some are purposely trying to make each other sick… Audio

The government has chosen a light rail option linking downtown Auckland to the Airport. The plan will see a partially above and below ground rail link from the Wynyard Quarter to the airport, with 18… Audio

Private suppliers of Rapid Antigen Tests have lashed out at the government's interference with their orders.

The government plans to increase the number of tests available to the public ahead of an… Audio

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is appearing before the High Court in Auckland trying to get out of jail.

Tamaki has been in remand at Mt Eden Prison in Auckland for breaching lockdown rules in… Audio

City streets are already starting to empty out, as people return to working from home and brace for Omicron.

There were 10 new cases of the variant on Tuesday - in Auckland, Palmerston North, Nelson… Audio

Health experts are grappling with questions about how Omicron will spread through New Zealand, and when the peak might arrive.

There are predictions 15 percent of the workforce could be out of action… Audio

The unwanted arrival of Omicron appears to have spurred on the country's Covid vaccine rollout, with the number of booster doses ticking over one million today.

Other people are bringing their… Audio

New Zealand's in the red light setting; with the highly infectious Covid variant Omicron circulating in Auckland, and possibly in the Nelson-Marlborough region.

The government is encouraging everyone… Audio

Doctors and nurses are stocked up, schooled-up and bracing for an influx as close to half a million primary school children get ready for a special paediatric dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

From today… Audio

Police have launched a homicide investigation after confirming a man was shot and killed at an address in Mt Roskill.

At around 9.30pm on Thursday, Police were notified of an incident at an address… Audio

There has been a serious incident in the Auckland suburb of Mount Roskill.

Reporter Katie Todd was at the scene on Glass Road. Audio

Pharmacies have been swamped with demand for rapid antigen Covid-19 tests, by Aucklanders wanting to leave the city without a vaccine pass.

Despite the Ministry of Health dispatching 250,000 testing… Audio

People planning New Years celebrations in Auckland are hailing the city's next step towards freedom, just in time to bid goodbye - or maybe good riddance - to 2021.

The city will be joining the rest… Audio