Michael Wood

Motorists should expect delays travelling to holiday hotspots with another big year of summer roadworks planned.

More cars than ever will be on the roads because of Covid-19.

Hamish Cardwell has the… Audio

Tourism operators are worried they'll being bogged down by bureaucracy following a review of adventure activities near natural hazards.

Today the first findings were revealed after a review was first… Audio

The Government will honour its election promise of raising the minimum wage. From the first of April next year the rate will increase to $20 per hour - up from $18.90.

For someone working 40 hours on… Audio

Work to restore Kaikoura's road and rail in the wake of the 2016 earthquake is nearly finished and has reached an important milestone.

A ceremony to acknowledge and farewell many of the workers… Audio

MPs have raced through four bills in their first proper week of Parliament passing new laws on festival drug testing, Covid-19, and income tax.  Audio

The Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood is confident that WorkSafe is adequately resourced to prosecute people and organisations in relation to last year's deadly eruption at… Audio

Parliament officially opens on Wednesday when MPs will be sworn in and a new Speaker will be elected.

In 2017 Trevor Mallard's role was threatened when National convinced the Government it had the… Audio

Historian, author and documentary maker Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest continuous civilisation and longest lasting state, to compile a stunning new… Audio

As Cabinet ministers grapple to get a hold of the rapidly developing Covid-19 crisis, they will meet in a new way this morning - with half dialling in via video-conference to limit their physical… Audio

Christmas is busy for any small business - but what happens if your power company plans an outage mid-way through December? For the owner of the Buckley Road Foodstore in Auckland, Maureen Ballard, it… Audio

A package for family and sexual violence sits across eight different portfolios so some of those responsible told a select committee how it will work.  Audio

New Zealand Vietnam War veterans are calling for more help as they face health issues they say are related to their war service.

Veterans had the opportunity to attend a health and wellbeing expo in… Audio

New gun laws could be in place by Friday after a parliamentary select commmittee recommended few changes to the government's fast-track reforms. The Finance and Expenditure select committee finished… Audio

Changes to the country's gun laws will get a final look-over today before the bill goes back before Parliament. The Finance and Expenditure committee met for two hours on Friday to consider public… Audio

As we've been reporting this morning, gun owners are furious they'll be given just one day to make submissions to the parliamentary select committee considering changes to firearms laws. The Finance… Audio

Before the big Budget debate takes place is a smaller pre-budget debate of sorts in which MPs argue the merits of what shapes the Government's budget decisions. Audio