Jacinda Ardern

With the discovery of three new community cases in South Auckland, was the government too quick to move down the Alert Level ladder?

Three new cases were announced last night, one of them was a… Audio

Stats NZ has released the latest official child poverty figures and the rates for Maori and Pacific peoples are higher across most measures compared with the national average. Audio

Fiji's government says it has proven the country is a safe destination for travellers and is calling for a one-way travel bubble with New Zealand and Australia amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio

Question time was considered an essential part of business this week as fewer MPs sat for shorter hours under changing Covid alert levels at Parliament. Video, Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins joins Lisa Owen to discuss the latest Covid-19 alert level decision. Video, Audio

Trans-tasman relations have taken a dramatic turn for the worse with Australia dumping responsibility for a woman suspected of terrorism, and her two young children, onto New Zealand.

The three were… Audio

Covid-19 has once again put New Zealand's largest city into lockdown.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Sunday the city would go into Alert Level 3 for an initial period of three days, after… Audio

Auckland is in Alert Level 3 on Monday morning after three Covid-19 cases were detected in the community. The rest of the country is in Alert Level 2.

The restrictions, for the moment at least, will… Audio

Auckland is now at Alert Level 3 after the discovery of three new community cases in the city.

The rest of the country moved to Alert Level 2. The restrictions are in place for 72 hours.

Prime… Audio

Green MP Ricardo Menendez March is facing tough questions after revelations he left the country in December against the government's official advice.

The list MP - who is now back in New Zealand in a… Audio

New Zealand has been accused of favouring its neighbours in the south, over its neighbours in the north as five Micronesian countries signalled they will be exiting the Pacific Islands Forum.

It… Audio

Palau president says Micronesian exit from Forum a wake up call for the Pacific. Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke with Julian Wilcox about what her political priorities are this year. Audio

Māori astronomers will be using the stars and moon phases to set a different date for the Matariki public holiday each year.

The Prime Minister promised to make Matariki a public holiday if… Audio

The Prime Minister has delivered her fourth speech from the mahau at Waitangi today, acknowledging the government's challenges of the past year but also using the forum to announce a new public… Video, Audio

A Covid-19 shadow is hovering over this weekend's Auckland Anniversary holiday.

The mystery continues as to how three people caught the virus at the city's Pullman Hotel.

The government response has… Audio

Australia has shut the door to New Zealanders for quarantine-free travel for at least 72 hours, despite no change in our alert level.

Airlines responded by cancelling flights. It has thrown question… Video, Audio

Approval for the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine could come as early as Wednesday next week, but it is unclear when the doses will actually land on our shores.

The government has issued a timeline for when… Video, Audio

It's now been precisely one year since health authorities in Wuhan reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia to the World Health Organization. And since then, the world has waded through a crisis that… Audio