Jordan Bond

It's the beginning of the end for the original Covid-19 wage subsidy, as the 12-week, $11 billion scheme draws to a close.

The government expects close to a million people to come off the subsidy… Audio

Bars and restaurants still having to turn people away under level two are crossing their fingers for a loosening of restrictions.

Cabinet will decide today if the country moves to level one, which… Audio

The lack of reporting by police on its own Armed Response Teams has been blamed for undermining any permanent roll-out.

Police documents show the teams reported on just 17 percent of the events they… Audio

Wet and wild weather for the first holiday weekend out of lockdown flooded roads and caused slips in the Coromandel.

It meant some took hours-long detours and others stayed on for a night or two… Audio

With schools back, antsy students are wondering when they can pull on their boots and get back on the sports field.

Schools and amateur sports bodies are hopeful competitions can return in about a… Audio

SkyCity is looking at cutting almost one in five of its staff, in a bid to save $50 million a year as Covid-19 suffocates its core businesses.

With next to no income for its casinos and hotels, the… Audio

New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, which which reduces restrictions on businesses and schooling and will see hundreds of thousands more people out and about.

However we're still being asked to stay… Audio

A man living near the scene of a fatal police shooting in Auckland overnight heard screaming and yelling, and the man taunting neighbours to call the police, before he was killed.

Police say said the… Video, Audio

Forensic investigators are at the scene of a police shooting in south Auckland, where a man with a machete was shot dead in Central Avenue, Papatoetoe.

Police say they received multiple calls after… Audio

Two more repatriation exercises are likely to go ahead in the next few days, but there are questions about how successfully they will be in bringing New Zealanders home.

Some stuck overseas say they… Audio

A Whangamata man says out-of-towners have been using the cover of darkness during lockdown to sneak into the beachside resort for the Easter break.

Police are promising to be out in force this… Audio

Bottle stores in Invercargill and Gore are not following the example of west Auckland and pulling spirits off the shelves.

Aucklanders, knowing licensing trust zones in the West were the only place… Audio

New Zealand will go into a full lockdown at midnight tomorrow night and people are queuing up at supermarkets, despite pleas from store owners and the government to shop normally. 

Panic buying… Audio

Welcome to the beginning of a new normal, as the country prepares to enter quarantine for at least a month.

Today, we're at Covid 19 Alert Level Three. At this level, many shops and businesses are… Audio

The new Armed Police Response Teams have been called out 50 times more often than Armed Offenders Squads were last year.

Data shows the teams were used 75 times a day in the first five weeks of a six… Audio

The uncles of a young boy with severe head injuries in Starship Hospital says his father has gone into hiding after being threatened.

Police say if the boy survives he'll be severely disabled and… Audio

Owners of earthquake-prone apartments want the government to pay some of the cost of strengthening rather than offer low-interest loans.

The last-resort financial help is open to owner-occupiers of… Audio