Nick Truebridge
Charged Mongrel Mob members 'outliers' - Waikato leader
A Mongrel Mob Waikato leader claims three members charged with serious drug offences are outliers in the chapter.
The trio were arrested on Monday, along with 35 others, following 37 police raids as… Audio
City Rail Link delays hitting businesses around Karangahape Rd
Businesses around Auckland's famed Karangahape Road are facing yet more financial woe, as City Rail Link construction drags on.
Today, the Transport Minister and Auckland city officials lauded the… Video, Audio
Covid-19 vaccine stocks tight but not a shortage
The Ministry of Health says stocks of the covid-19 vaccine are tight - but there isn't a shortage.
That's despite some saying they cannot get appointments.
The vaccination programme is ahead of… Audio
Senior gang members arrested as police work with FBI in global sting
The net has fallen over several senior gang members today, charged with a myriad of drug and money laundering offences.
Police are calling it the world's most sophisticated law enforcement action… Video, Audio
Arrests made in 'major transnational' crime operation
Several people have been arrested this morning in relation to what the police are calling a major transnational crime operation. They are due to appear in the Auckland District Court and the Hamilton… Audio
Huge waitlist stops many accessing Auckland's main detox unit
A mammoth waitlist is blocking patients struggling with substance abuse from accessing a bed at Auckland metro's main public inpatient detox unit.
Instead, those who fall ill waiting for a bed at Pt… Audio
Hospital EDs overwhelmed by alcohol and other drug-related cases
Stretched and struggling to cope. That's the alarming message in a Waitematā DHB doctor's letter to the government.
It says Auckland's emergency rooms are overwhelmed by patients showing up with… Audio
Covid-19 vaccines: Kiwis warned off chance to skip queue
Fancy the thought of lying on a sun-soaked beach, sipping a cocktail and getting a Covid-19 jab while you're at it?
Well, a growing number of countries are offering just that with Guam, the Maldives… Audio
Supermarkets' fight against alcohol limits costing ratepayers
Auckland ratepayers are on the hook for legal bills totalling at least $1 million as the council fights for a temporary ban on downtown bottle stores.
Council and court papers obtained by Checkpoint… Audio
Calls for halt on new liquor stores after rising assaults in cities
The National Māori Authority is demanding a nationwide halt on licences for new bottle stores, after multiple highly-publicised assaults in Auckland and Wellington CBDs.
Māori wardens patrolling the… Video, Audio
Rarotonga's message for tourists - get out of the resort, come to the market
Tourism businesses in the Cook Islands may be crying out for more Kiwi holidaymakers, but the sentiment isn't shared by all.
Some Rarotongans are anxious about Covid-19 creeping into the Cooks, while… Video, Audio
Cooks' tourism operators welcome vistors, tough times await
Let's begin this morning in the Cook Islands.. where tourism operators say they'll face a tough Christmas despite the return of tourists from New Zealand as borders to other countries remain closed… Audio
Covid-19: Does Cook Islands rely too much on tourism?
Cook Islands tourism operators are conceding life may never be the same for the island nation as it tries to bounce back from a global pandemic.
Wage subsidies and free accommodation have been… Video, Audio
Cook Islanders spent their tourist free time improving life
A Rarotongan business owner says that locals shifted their focus to the community to survive the pandemic as they awaited the return of tourists. Charlie Hosking, moved back from Melbourne four years… Audio
Cook Islands' vaccinate 5 per cent of population on Day 1
Let's begin in the Cook Islands where our defence force will help officials distribute the Pfizer vaccine by plane and by boat to people on outer and remote islands. The vaccination programme began on… Audio
Cook Islanders line up in Rarotonga for Covid-19 vaccine
The Cook Islands' Covid-19 vaccination programme is now in full swing with about 600 people receiving the first Pfizer jab.
It may also be a challenge, with some of the 10,000 eligible Cook Islanders… Video, Audio
Vaccination day for Cook Islands as vaccines arrive from NZ
Let's go now to the Cook Islands where the first tourists in 15 months are waking up about 10 degrees warmer than they would here. The Cook Island bubble is officially open. 297 passengers were… Audio
Rarotonga-NZ travel bubble - latest details from Day 1
Nick Truebridge joins Lisa Owen live from Rarotonga on day one of the NZ-Cook Islands travel bubble.
Video, Audio
Cook Islands-NZ travel: Hugs, tears, cheers at Rarotonga Airport
There were plenty of hugs, tears and cheers at Rarotonga international airport today as the Cook Islands bubble finally opened.
The first flight from Auckland left with almost 300 people on board to… Video, Audio
Ardern speaks on reconnecting, but split families still in dark about future
New Zealand families separated by the Covid-19 pandemic are crying out to know when they might be able to reunite.
In a speech titled 'Reconnecting to the World', the Prime Minister offered no… Audio
