Lisa Owen

Secondary school teachers nationwide will be striking on March 29. Following that they are planning rolling strikes, where different year levels will not be taught on various days.

The Post-Primary… Video, Audio

Time to get in behind a record breaker at a Central Otago dog trial. The Tarras Collie Dog Club is celebrating its centennial trials, which kicked off in Lindis Valley today.

At 83, life member Pete… Video, Audio

Business owners in South Auckland say they have lost everything after a major fire ripped through a commercial complex last night.

Multiple fire crews worked overnight in the suburb of Takanini where… Audio

Child poverty rates have stalled, with a hundred-thousand children still living in poverty.

Earlier today, Statistics NZ released its data for the year ending June 2022, and the numbers showed no… Audio

Auckland Council's pulled pin on its membership of Local Government New Zealand, to the horror of some councillors.

Mayor Wayne Brown had the casting vote after councillors were evenly split on the… Audio

A Canterbury man has been prepped for surgery five times only to have his operation cancelled at the last minute each time, due apparently to a shortgage of anaesthetic technicians.

Self-employed… Video, Audio

Disgraced runner Zane Robertson has spoken out after being caught doping. The New Zealand Olympian's cheating was made public yesterday and he faces an eight-year ban from all sport.

Robertson, who… Video, Audio

Demand for cars is sky rocketing with cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland's flooding ruining thousands of vehicles.

But the industry says that's on top of an existing shortage after manufacturers cut… Video, Audio

National's unveiled its blue book of brilliance, outlining a plan to make New Zealand a top performer in education.

Reading, writing and maths would all have to be taught for an hour each day in… Video, Audio

Cyclone damage and fickle ferry crossings are just some of the challenges facing deer hunters as they count down to this year roar, that peaks at Easter weekend.

The breeding season runs from late… Video, Audio

The reopening of a critical cyclone-damaged state highway means students can be reunited with their families and school sports teams are back in the national game.

Basically all traffic is now able… Video, Audio

A bolstered blue highway is offering a freight lifeline for two cyclone-hit regions with severely damaged roads.

The government's announced a $3 million subsidy for the freight ship Rangitata to run… Video, Audio

Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.

Marching and chanting in rallies today… Video, Audio

Government minister Stuart Nash is in more hot water tonight over revelations the Solicitor General considered prosecuting him for contempt.

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is with us… Video, Audio

Auckland's Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel has reached its deepest point, with the tunnel boring machine which started in Māngere now 115 metres below Hillsborough.

Despite Covid and the impact… Video, Audio