Harry Lock

Just 25 people have lodged expressions of interest in a loan scheme which helps apartment owners pay for their building to be earthquake strengthened.

The scheme has now been open for more than a… Audio

With a clean-up in full swing, Napier is struggling to find long-term accommodation for people who can't return to their homes.

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence says after assessing 225 homes, and 30 have… Audio

Evacuated Napier residents have been returning to calculate the damage to their flood drenched homes.

Hawke's Bay Civil Defence says after assessing 225 homes, 30 have been found not fit to live in.

Napier is waking up to a second day in a state of emergency as it comes to terms with one of its worst floods.

Hundreds of properties have been damaged, at least 19 homes are uninhabitable and about… Video, Audio

Hundreds of properties in Napier were still without power late last night and at least 19 homes in the city have now been deemed uninhabitable. A sudden downpour on Monday caught many by surprise with… Audio

Emergency services, Council staff and Locals will continue the clean up operation in Napier today. Hundreds of properties are still without power, and the city's wastewater system remains overloaded… Audio

A local state of emergency has been declared in Napier, after a record-breaking amount of rain dumped itself over the city in one day. The 237-millimetres of rainfall caused widespread surface… Audio

Hundreds of ex-pat Americans tuned in to see the election results.

With so much uncertainty surrounding the final outcome celebrations were on hold for both sides.

Harry Lock was out and about… Audio

A new community case of Covid-19 was confirmed in Christchurch last night.

A staff member working at the managed isolation facility where the first group of international fishing crew members has… Audio

Some of New Zealand's best tattooists - as well as the most spontaneous tattoo-ees - enjoyed a collaborative weekend together under one roof.

The second annual tattoo convention held in Wellington… Audio

The future of Wellington's earthquake-risk central library will be decided today at a City Council meeting.

There are two main options on the table for Councillors to consider - strengthen the… Audio

Warning, this report contains some distressing content.

A Wellington nightclub worker says he reported one of the individuals at the centre of a raft of sexual assault allegations to the police three… Audio

Police are investigating multiple accusations of sexual assault against several Wellington musicians.

One woman who spoke out online about the musicians' alleged behaviour says she got dozens of… Video, Audio

A new gap in covid border testing has emerged - with foreign workers transitting through New Zealand not being tested for the virus despite spending shorter stays in managed isolation.

It comes after… Audio

Universities are being urged to help returning foreign students pay for their two week stint in isolation hotels.

In a first small step towards re-opening the border to the lucrative industry, 250… Audio

More than 6000 complaints about employers have been lodged with the Government since the start of March.

That's more than ten times as many as during the same seven-month period last year.

… Audio

Labour's promise to ban conversion therapy is being welcomed by the Greens, rejected by ACT, while National are staying tight-lipped.

Conversion therapy is a widely-considered harmful practice that… Audio

Federated Farmers is blaming the Department of Conservation for bad land management which led to the huge fires in Lake Ōhau. 

At least 20 homes have been destroyed in the township, and the High… Audio