Katie Todd

The government is spending more than $1 million a week on private security guards at managed isolation facilities.

That is despite announcing 11 months go it would hire its own security force.

But… Audio

Cabinet documents reveal officials have automatically given almost one in four MIQ guests a free stay because they haven't been able to track them down.

In February the Ministry of Business… Audio

Anti plastic campaigners and plastic producers are both critical of the four-year plan to phase out the harmful packaging.

The government's released details of its three-stage plan to delete… Audio

Plastics NZ says it's surprised the government hasn't been harsher on PVC packaging, in its plan to rid the country of hard-to-recycle plastics.

But it says it's relieved the government has listened… Audio

The government's being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine roll out plan, now Medsafe has given the all clear for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.

Health leaders are pleased… Audio

Contractors will be out in force again today in tornado-hit Papatoetoe removing debris including roofing iron, timber and toppled trees and restoring power to a final few houses.

Auckland Emergency… Audio

Business owners sick of disruptions caused by the city rail project in Auckland have taken their frustrations to the Auckland Council this morning. The $4.4 billion project is now in its 5th year of… Audio

A judge has found it manifestly unjust to give an Auckland mother life imprisonment after she was found guilty of murdering her 21-year-old boyfriend Brendon Hamilton.

Katie Todd was in court. Audio

The Climate Change Commission has urged the government to get tough on the way New Zealanders live and work, in its final advice for reducing emissions, presented to Parliament.

But critics have… Audio

The managers of Auckland's Jet Park Hotel say turning their business into the country's main quarantine facility was nothing short of terrifying.

They've succeeded in keeping more than 900 Covid-19… Audio

The bridge over the Ashburton River is closed again for stress testing to find out whether it will be safe for heavy vehicles to use. Inland detours are in place. Floodwaters have damaged properties… Audio

Ashburton's damaged bridge is due to close again for further stress testing by engineers. The crucial bridge carrying State Highway 1 through the mid-Canterbury town reopened late last night to light… Audio

Farmers near burst stop banks in Mid Canterbury are beginning to find out the true cost of a one-in-a-hundred year rain event.

Receding floodwaters have revealed devastating damage, piled up debris… Audio

A crucial state highway route in the South Island, cut by Ashburton's flood-damaged bridge, is open for light vehicles but will close again on Wednesday morning.

The bridge closed on Tuesday morning… Audio

Hundreds of Cantabrians have spent the night next to packed bags, warned to be ready to move if rivers burst their banks.

While the rain has eased, waterways are continuing to drain a three-day… Audio

Random checks of MIQ hotels in February and March found staff shortages, returnees left to mingle in a lift lobby and bus drivers not wearing, or refusing to wear, all the required PPE.

The Ministry… Audio

Big bumps to benefits have been mostly welcomed among people on the streets of the main centres.

The government's preparing to splash $3.4 billion in four years, in a bid to put food on people's… Audio

Migrants have hit back at the so-called immigration "reset" saying it uses them as a 'scapegoat' for problems with housing, infrastructure and worker welfare.

The government has signalled a change of… Audio