Lisa Owen

Bay of Islands locals are calling for harsher penalties for recreational boaties, after witnesses described the launch involved in yesterday's collision with the Paihia-Russell ferry travelling at… Video, Audio

The FBI recently tweeted out a warning to avoid using public USB ports.

The US agency says "bad actors" have found ways to use them to introduce malware and moinitoring software onto devices.

Jordan… Video, Audio

A ferry skipper is in a critical condition following a collision between two boats in the Bay of Islands. Robyn was travelling with her husband and two young grandsons from Russell to Paihia just… Video, Audio

The govenrment has scrubbed up and relaunched it's highly controversial three waters policy - complete with a new name - "affordable water reforms".

It's ditched plans for four mega-water entities in… Video, Audio

A passenger on the ferry involved in a collision with a motor boat between Russell and Paihia today described the boat as a "massive launch" coming full throttle straight towards the side of ferry… Video, Audio

A Dunedin ice cream shop has had to stop making its custom waffle cones because it cannot get enough eggs.

Patti's and Cream churns through hundreds of eggs a week, making the cones and speciality… Video, Audio

There are warnings that the impact of the teacher shortage could be exacerbated, as relief teachers leave the profession.

Ministry of Education figures reveal there are 3000 fewer relief teachers… Video, Audio

Wellington Zoo is now home to a pair of snow leopard sisters. Asha and Manju have come from Melbourne Zoo and are the only snow leopards in New Zealand.

Our visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to… Video, Audio

Fancy a change of pace and cheaper housing? A tiny Australian outback desert town is offering grants of more than $20,000 to anyone who builds a house there and moves in.

Quilpie is about 1000km west… Video, Audio

Groundwater sites, failing drinking water standards, lakes reaching breaking point and more nitrates entering rivers, not to mention climate change.

New Zealand's freshwater environment is in a bad… Audio

Kiwifruit orchards in the Bay of Plenty town of Katikati have been left badly damaged, after a tornado ripped through on Tuesday.

One family were sheltering inside as the ferocious storm took out… Video, Audio

The family of a man with an intellectual disability say he has been neglected while waiting six months in hospital for a hip operation, and they fear he may even die there.

Pukekohe man Arthur Brown… Video, Audio

There's now 99 days to go until the FIFA women's Football World Cup in New Zealand and Australia - but fans here may not be feeling quite as positive about things as they were a day ago.

Overnight… Video, Audio

A damning report has found some cancer patients are being denied access to timely specialist care, because of where they live.

The investigation by the Health and Disability Commission detailed six… Audio

As the Auckland Anniversary floods swamped the city, its emergency management and the mayor were out of their depth dealing with the crisis.

Minutes mattered, but most of the damage had been done… Video, Audio

The government has widened its net on importing health workers, saying it will help the country cope during a global shortage in the sector - as New Zealand heads into winter.

It's added 32 new roles… Video, Audio

The mother of a student with autism, who has been left stressed and on the road when "ghost" buses fail to show, says Auckland Transport has to do better.

Hundreds of bus trips a week have been… Video, Audio

With more bad weather on the way East Auckland residents are racing to repair roofs and windows after Sunday night's tornado.

About 50 homes have been damaged, and ten have been yellow stickered… Video, Audio