Louise Ternouth

When Covid-19 grounded international flights, two pilots decided to start their own flight school. Mike Harvey and Hayden Lowe started Flight Tech Pilot Training at New Plymouth Airport after Covid-19… Audio

Keen sailors and interested amateurs can now have access to the same technology that World Champion 49er team Blair Tuke and Peter Burling use with a new app that can create races and access live… Audio

It's just under one hectare in size, captures the sun to produce electricity and floats on water.

New Zealand's largest and only floating solar array has officially opened in Auckland's Northshore… Video, Audio

Five years ago a kiwi couple set off on their dream voyage yachting around the world, now they're own their way home thanks to a special exemption. Alan Forest and Anne Pilcher began their adventure… Audio

As job losses wiped out incomes, thousands of Kiwis turned to food banks and they're still in need. The Supreme Sikh Society of New Zealand has been filling that demand with over 66-thousand food… Audio

A West Coast artist is sending lost loved ones off in style with his colourful custom-made coffins. Mark Haldane, who's been an artist for over a decade, decided to turn his talents to decorating… Audio

A holiday across the ditch could be one step closer with the Australian and New Zealand governments considering a proposal to create a trans-Tasman bubble. A group of 40 experts called the… Audio

Travel agents have been caught in a tug of war between customers and suppliers as they try to resolve refunds from as long ago as the start of the year. The Covid-19 border restrictions have decimated… Audio

It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and to mark the occasion one Kiwi has released a very personal documentary which highlights why it's so important to take mental illness seriously. The Girl on the… Audio

Aucklanders can now gather in groups of up to 100 people after a further drop in alert levels overnight. The Super City moved from Level 2.5 to Level 2 at midnight, while the rest of the country has… Audio

Has Auckland grown too big to depend on its ageing eight lane bridge? The harbour bridge was damaged last week after a freak gust of wind blew a truck into a structurally important load-bearing strut… Audio

Today a Queenstown man is attempting to set the world record for the most number of Canyon Swings in a day. Jason Medina is attempting the record at Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown to fundraise… Audio

Thousands of cheap air fares are being snapped up following relaxed physical distancing rules on flights, but travel agents say Auckland is losing visitors. Air New Zealand sold 110,000 tickets on… Audio

Efforts to stop Covid-19 are having at least one welcome side effect, the flu season is almost non-existent in the southern hemisphere. That's according to data from the World Health Organisation's… Audio

As case numbers climb and people's movements and contacts are traced - businesses, workplaces and schools have been forced to close for deep cleans. On Tuesday Countdown New Lynn and St Dominic's… Audio

The Auckland August cluster continues to grow - with six new cases yesterday bringing the total to 171. 43 of those are connected to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Fellowship - of which 22 have now been… Audio

Border closures, physical distancing and number restrictions are putting a stop to concerts this year, leaving many fans disappointed. Ticketmaster's website is full of postponed, rescheduled and… Audio

Covid-19 has changed everyone's routine but teenagers and kids in particular may be feeling it most. Constant changes to school, hobbies, and life in general could be causing stress for many kids… Audio

A sad state of affairs. That's how a West Auckland public school principal has described Greens co-leader James Shaw's decision to allocate 11.7 million dollars from the govenrment's shovel ready… Audio