Lisa Owen

The government has announced a new recycling project to prevent 45,000 tonnes of carbon emissions by 2035.

The initiative aims to have a single recycling service around the country, and to eventually… Video, Audio

School was out again today for 20,000 high school teachers - and their 280,000 students - with a second nationwide strike in less than a fortnight.

And they're warning there's more to come, unless… Audio

It was revealed on Wednesday that staff in the former Prime Minister's Office knew that Stuart Nash had leaked Cabinet details in an email to his political donors.

In 2021 an Official Information… Audio

As Auckland Council aims to cut spending to solve a so-called $295 million financial deficit, former Silver Fern and general manager of literacy charity Duffy Books in Homes Linda Vaga talks to Lisa… Video, Audio

Aucklanders have just a few hours left to have their say on sweeping cuts the council's proposing to meet a massive shortfall in its annual budget.

The region's libraries stand to lose funding… Video, Audio

Survivors of abuse in state care say suggestions they could face delays over redress are an insult.

The idea was raised in a briefing for the incoming minister for the public service, Andrew Little… Audio

A Corrections Department recuritment ad has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority, for perpetuating a negative stereotype of a Māori boy.

The TV commericial showed a young Māori boy… Video, Audio

Homeless in paradise - that's how Queenstown residents describe living in the resort town during the housing crisis.

People are resorting to living in cars, tents, hostels and couch surfing as… Audio

School students have lamented getting detentions because their buses are so late - or do not show up at all.

Residents of East Coast Bays in Auckland say a severe shortage of buses is leaving people… Video, Audio

New Zealand Football is set to receive around $13 million in funding from FIFA over the next four years via the governing body's development programme.

The record-breaking investment in football… Video, Audio

The man at the centre of a standoff with police in Stratford has been arrested and taken into custody.

Police negotiators and the armed offenders squad surrounded a house for more than twelve hours… Audio

Opposition parties are demanding the Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson publicly apologise for saying white cis men are the main perpetrators of violence.

Ms Davidson made the remarks during a charged… Audio

Mass cancellations of ferries in Auckland prompted the Transport Minister to call a crisis meeting late last week.

And over the weekend crew shortages saw services to Half Moon Bay, Birkenhead… Video, Audio

Esk Valley residents say they feel 'shunned and kicked in the guts'.

The Hawke's Bay community met at the wekeend to vent their frustration at the lack of progress two months on from the extreme… Video, Audio

Love 'em or loathe 'em, the feijoa season is upon us.

And buyers are being warned the fruit might be a little bit banged up this season, thanks to the extreme weather.

Some fruit and vege crops were… Video, Audio

Police are continuing to search around Petone Beach where a shoe with a foot inside was found on Saturday.

Krystal Gibbens spoke to some locals. Audio

The father of one of the 29 men who died in the Pike River Mine hopes a High Court decision will change the justice system.

Bernie Monk believes there's an abuse of legal privilege, and he wants to… Audio