Lisa Owen

Australia correspondent Nicole Johnston spoke to Lisa Owen about Australia's unemployment figures looking positive, as well as the average weekly salary for full-time workers hitting a record high.  Audio

Napier Port has revealed its cruise ship revenue is down nearly 10%. Bookings for the upcoming season that starts in October are headed in the same direction. Cruise ship numbers in the Bay of Island… Audio

Plans to block road access to a remote stretch of the South Wairarapa coastline will deny sufers access to one country's most pristine surf breaks. South Wairarapa District Council wants to close… Audio

Kiwis are eating 10% fewer potatoes than we were just over a decade ago. New industry research shows a quarter of people eating fewer spuds are passing on them because they are worried about their… Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump warning thay there will be "very severe consequences" for Russia if the war in Ukraine doesn't stop after he meets with… Audio

A Christchurch college is bringing back uniforms for its senior students after decades of them wearing their own clothes, despite its community and students strongly opposing the move. Some of the… Audio

A woman who has moved her elderly parents out of multiple rehab and respite facilites because of serious concerns, including over-crowding, mistakes with medication and unchanged soiled bedding, said… Audio

After plenty of speculation, it has been revealed why head of the FBI has been in New Zealand. The agency will be setting up a permanent office in Wellington. Its director Kash Patel was spotted in… Audio

The New Zealand government is holding the line on Palestinian statehood, despite the United Kingdom's shift in position. The British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced an intention to… Audio

Boaties around the country are checking moorings following a safety warning from officials to go ashore overnight. A magnitude 8.8, which struck this morning, has prompted warnings from the National… Audio

A woman who was off work for a year after she was seriously injured in a head on collision with a speeding dirt bike on a cycle track believes someone will be killed unless more is done to stop the… Audio

After three extreme weather events, people at the top of the South Island are bracing for a fourth drenching in a month. Locals in Nelson and Tasman, have spent the last two weeks cleaning up after… Audio

A North Shore woman says she's stressed out and being kept awake at night after getting an eight hundred dollar bill from Watercare, because its smart meter clapped out. The latest bill claims the… Audio

Australia Correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about the Australian Government vowing to move quickly to improve safety in childcare, in the wake of distressing revelations about the potential… Audio

Some former students now living overseas have told Checkpoint they are too scared to come home because they could be arrested for being behind in payments, with heavy penalties adding up. Students… Audio

The Prime Minister has promised to take action in the coming months to tackle the cost of living crisis. Christopher Luxon has acknowledged it is still tough out there for too many kiwis and the… Audio

States of emergency remain in place for Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough this afternoon, but the sodden regions appear to have received less rainfall than feared. Torrential rain in Taranaki has caused… Audio

Chorus have said phone and internet has been restored to most homes and businesses in Golden Bay, after a day-long outage affecting 111 emergency calls. Technicians found a severed fibre line running… Audio

More than a dozen Ministry of Social Development staff have walked off the job, refusing to return to what they say is an unsafe office with ''strong mould and sewerage smell'. Staff in the ministry's… Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest updates in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial - Combs has been acquitted of the most serious charges in his criminal federal… Audio