Lisa Owen

The government has decided to keep the seven-day isolation period in place for those who test positive for Covid-19.

It will be reviewed again in two months' time. Health minister Ayesha Verrall… Video, Audio

The Hawke's Bay settlement of Pakowhai is between two cities - Napier and Hastings - and two rivers.

When Cyclone Gabrielle ripped through, those rivers breached their stopbanks and unleashed a… Video, Audio

Large areas of the North Island and parts of the South are bracing for severe thunderstorms, after the MetService issued fresh warnings today.

The severe thunderstorms are predicted from Northland… Video, Audio

The seven-day isolation period for people testing positive for Covid will stay in place for at least the next two months.

Most of the Covid rules were scrapped in September, but the isolation period… Video, Audio

Chaos on the Cook Strait is bolstering business for one regional airline. Some people stranded on either side of the straight due to ferry cancellations are chartering flights.

Both Bluebridge and… Video, Audio

For many New Zealanders, along with its religious significance, Easter also means a four-day weekend and some quality time with the family.

Some shops are allowed to open throughout the weekend… Video, Audio

It's a mystery of modern cuisine and the first of it's kind in New Zealand.

One man has blown the minds of an Auckland subway by ordering a whopping footlong sandwich with all the meats and all the… Video, Audio

It's been a journey of epic proportions, but after 237 days and 14,000km, Australian Michelle Lee has become the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean solo and unassisted.

She set off from Mexico in… Video, Audio

As cyclone hit communities rebuild this lives, pests have been making the most of the chaos, destruction and abandoned homes.

Tired of seeing rats have free run, residents are taking matters into… Audio

NZ grocery suppliers have been warned that pressuring an online supermarket to increase prices would amount to breaking the law.

Auckland-based online supermarket, Supie, says multiple suppliers are… Audio

With Easter just around the corner, you might find shopping for chocolate a bit pricier this year.

Infometrics economist Brad Olsen has done the numbers. He reckons this year's chocolate bunnies and… Audio

If you're literally taking off on an Easter break Thursday is Air NZ's busiest of the weekend. Demand is up almost 70 percent on the same time last year.

Among those travelling, 5800 unaccompanied… Video, Audio

Black Caps fans have been hit by some bad news ahead of the Cricket World Cup.

Captain Kane Williamson is unlikely to play at the tournament in India in October after picking up an injury playing in… Video, Audio

A Christchurch surgeon's speaking out about long waits for cancer patients despite allegations his employer is trying to muzzle staff.

Colorectal surgeon Chris Wakeman says some of his patients have… Video, Audio

Green Party MP Elizabeth Kerekere is in hot water after apparently calling her colleague Chloe Swarbrick a "cry baby" in a text sent in error.

The text was sent to a group chat of MPs and staff, and… Video, Audio

'We're shouldering all the pain'. Tonight the Hawke's Bay businesses who say they've been forgotten, left homeless and jobless.

They believe they've been left to pick up the tab for Cyclone… Video, Audio

Live Australian freshwater crayfish are among the contraband sniffed out by Biosecurity at Auckland Airport in the past three months.

The number of air passengers screened in the first quarter of… Video, Audio