Anneke Smith

It's the same but darker - and at times lighter - than the 1pm Beehive presser of last year's lockdown.  

Cabinet will this afternoon meet to decide on whether any part of the country will come out of level 4 lockdown this week.

The alert level expires at midnight tomorrow night but Aucklanders have… Audio

Te Paati Māori is worried about data privacy and low trust among communities, following the Government decision to mandate record keeping of the public's movements. 

Cabinet has decided to make it… Audio

As the Goverment races to get a rescue mission to Afghanistan off the ground there are warnings about how difficult it is likely to be.

A Hercules aircraft and 40 Defence Force troops are on standby… Audio

The National Party's liberal and conservative factions are strained as the party reckons with voting against a ban on gay conversion therapy.

National was the only political party that didn't support… Audio

A Wellington woman has been waiting more than 14 months for her application for an urgent protection order to be heard.

The woman - we're calling her 'Trish' - filed the protection order application… Audio

A new political poll shows support for the Labour Party has taken a dive while the ACT Party - and its leader - is growing in popularity.

The latest Newshub-Reid Research poll has Labour down 9.7… Audio

The Police Association is urging the Government to pay for more police recruits as dozens of officers leave the force.

Nearly 170 frontline officers left their jobs between March and July this year.

The government is looking at rejigging MIQ so it can make space for more people coming back from New South Wales.

New Zealanders in Australia have until Friday to get on a flight back, before the… Audio

The government is promising a major shake up to expand the range of healthcare services for babies from ages zero to five years old.

It comes after a review of the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme… Audio

The National Party is urging the Government to share any information its intelligence agencies have on the treatment of Uyghur people in China.

It comes after Labour MP Louisa Wall doubled down on… Audio

A number of councils are already criticising the government's freshly minted new plans for water.

A major overhaul of the country's water systems has been unveiled with the aim of stopping household… Video, Audio

The Government's latest Three Waters announcement is a step forward for addressing years of Council under-investment in water infrastructure. It's the biggest shake-up of drinking, storm and waste… Audio

Health experts are mystified over Government reluctance to enforce mandatory mask wearing and QR code scanning under alert level 2.

Covid-19 Reponse Minister Chris Hipkins says while mandating these… Audio

At least one community testing centre is fully booked as thousands in Wellington rush to get tested after an Australian man who spent the weekend in the city tested positive for Covid-19 after… Audio

The opposition is renewing its call for purpose built MIQ facilities in the wake of an independent review of the current stock.

The review - has made 82 recommendations to ensure the current managed… Audio

An independent review of the country's MIQ facilities has identified how the system can work better as the pandemic rages on. The 66-page report - commissioned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation… Audio

Thirty-thousand nurses will strike for eight hours on Wednesday after rejecting a second pay offer in their current round of collective bargaining.

The Nurse's Organisation says nurses are leaving… Audio

The government has pulled a u-turn on transport projects it promised more than a year ago, saying it wants to cut carbon emissions and potential price hikes too.

Six of the 32 multi-billion-dollar… Audio