Megan Woods

The government says its proposed "pumped storage battery" at Lake Onslow in Central Otago could mean New Zealand would be among the few countries in the world with a fully renewable electricity… Audio

The Government has announced the providers for the first 100 houses it will offer under its $400-million Progressive Home Ownership scheme.

The Housing Foundation in Auckland and the Queenstown Lakes… Audio

Cabinet will discuss whether or not to charge returning New Zealanders for quarantine today but a final decision on any payment is unlikely.

The National Party says if it wins election in September… Audio

The Government has ruled out housing managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Queenstown and Invercargill. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more. Audio

The closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter has raised concerns over what it will mean for the thousands of tonnes of potentially toxic waste stored in the small Southland town of Mataura.  Audio

Southlanders have been thrown into turmoil with Rio Tinto's announcment today it will wind down the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter resulting in the direct loss of almost 1,000 jobs and another 1,600… Audio

The Government's admitted another gap in its public health defences; there's no standard plan for businesses should they come into contact with a possible covid-19 case. The gaping hole in the system… Audio

Michelle Boag says she was provided a list of people infected with Covid-19 from the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health, in turn, is refusing to confirm if it supplied the list to Boag.

Kim… Audio

The Ministry of Health is refusing to confirm if it supplied the former National Party President Michelle Boag with a daily list of people infected with Covid-19 and their private information.

In an… Audio

He bought razors, toothpaste and body wash at Countdown, but then where did he go?

Authorities are still trying to work out what exactly a man, later found to have Covid-19, did during his 70-minute… Audio

The Minister in charge of Managed Isolation & Quarantine, Megan Woods, speaks to us about the 32-year-old man who did a runner last night from managed isolation. Video, Audio

Air New Zealand says some international passengers with bookings already made, will be affected by its move to pause bookings for at least the next 3 weeks, and it can't rule out there being further… Audio

New Zealanders wanting to return home are having to put plans on hold as the government scrambles to find enough hotel rooms for mandatory isolation.

Air New Zealand has agreed to put a hold on all… Audio

The minister overseeing isolation facilities is challenging National MP Michael Woodhouse to prove his claim that a homeless man snuck into an isolation hotel and stayed there 14 days.

The minister… Audio

The minister in charge of managed isolation, Megan Woods, says about $80 million has been spent so far on the compulsory 14-day isolation period for every returning New Zealander.

She says nearly… Audio

The number of people wanting to travel to New Zealand under special exemptions is on the rise, but there's no room at isolation hotels in Auckland.

Thousands of people are being managed at 20 hotels… Audio

The government has begun allocating $25 million to create products and services that will aid in the fight against Covid-19.

So far the Covid-19 Innovation Acceleration Fund has put money towards a… Audio

The Government has frozen rents and is protecting tenants from eviction during the Covid-19 lockdown, but there is some confusion about what is expected of tenants if they get into financial… Audio

Wigram mp and cabinet Minister Megan Woods explains why the March 15 Remembrance Service was cancelled. Audio