Checkpoint for Tuesday 4 April 2023

6:07 PM.Te Pūkenga has officially decided to close Auckland's MAINZ campus, leaving music and audio students in limbo, and tutors out of jobs.

The organisation in charge of bringing together New Zealand's 16… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The chance to identify a smiling woman in a decades old black and white photo found tucked behind the wallpaper in the hall cupboard of Dunedin house.

The Kenmure home built in 1958 has only had… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.A third baby, less than a year old, has died of whooping cough this year, prompting a renewed push for people to get their pēpē vaccinated.

The highly infectious disease can be spread though coughing… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Roads in the eastern Tararua District remain battered by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Now, this sparsely populated part of the Lower North Island must find a way of meeting cleanup costs that could hit $100… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.If you're vision or mobility impaired, just getting out and about on our crowded streets can be daunting.

People with disabilities are calling for urgent action to improve accessibility on our… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Easter would normally be boom times on the Coromandel Peninsula, a playground for Auckland escapees.

But the indefinite closure of State Highway 25A - a main route to a number of holiday hotspots -… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.An invitation to the Masters is perhaps the most coveted in men's professional golf - and New Zealand's Ryan Fox got one.

The 36-year-old will make his debut at Augusta National this week, seven… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Junk food logos on team tops - and burgers and chips for player of the day.

These norms of kids' sport may soon be over, under drafted new rules from the Advertising Standards Authority.

Sam Olley… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.A Gore councillor has quit, saying there's "unsustainable anxiety" at the council.

The resignation of Bret Highsted has triggered a costly by election. The mayor and chief executive aren't talking to… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has apologised after criticising RNZ's treatment of Māori staff during a farewell for her fiancee, Māni Dunlop.

Ms Dunlop - who presented Midday Report - left the… Read more Video, Audio