Travel

At midnight last night, Northland joined the rest of the country - south of Auckland - in alert level 3.

Auckland will remain at level four until at least 13 September, and police have set up five… Audio

The continued "pause" on MIQ vouchers has been met with anger and frustration from New Zelanders wanting to return home.

Stephanie Kirkness is in London and wants to come home to see her elderly… Audio

A new virtual lottery is on its way for those seeking to book a stay in highly sought after managed isolation, but it's on hold for now, deemed too risky during the current delta outbreak.

It will be… Audio

Auckland's southern boundary is closed off to most travellers once again, after Alert Level 3 began for most of the country.

Reporter Andrew McRae spoke to Susie Ferguson from State Highway 1 at the… Audio

The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.

Alan… Audio

MPs will be back in the house today - with the exception of the Green Party and the Māori Party.

Both are refusing to attend Parliament while Wellington is at Alert Level 4.

The Greens say… Audio

As eligible workplaces south of Auckland prepare to reopen on Wednesday, there's a push on for rules to be beefed up.

Given the high infectiousness of the Delta variant, Director-General of Health… Audio

Businesses are hoping there won't be another "shambles" at Auckland's southern border when the rest of the country drops to alert level 3 on Wednesday.

Applications are open for businesses to apply… Audio

Stephen Court is well-versed on life in exotic locations, having previously been domiciled in Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Lesotho, to name a few places. But Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, where he… Audio, Gallery

Lockdown is working, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, but as Covid-19 community case numbers are still high, the country is staying in lockdown level 4 until 11:59pm Tuesday 31 August.

After that… Audio

Air New Zealand has hit some turbulence with a $289 million loss for the year ended June.

It has used $350 million of the government's $1.5 billion loan facility. The airline also recently had a crew… Video, Audio

Former Tall Ferns captain Leone Patterson's love affair with California began in the early 1980s. These days, she is based in Alemada, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has lived for almost 20… Audio, Gallery