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6:18 PM.Southern Response is back in court today - this time having a final go at arguing that a class action against it should not be an 'opt-out'.

Christchurch residents Brendan and Colleen Ross say the… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.Not ambitious or empowering enough - that's a Māori health adviser's diagnosis of a new government report into revamping the health system.

The report recommends setting up a new independent Māori… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Half of New Zealand's district health boards - and all of their elected members - could be be gone under huge health system changes announced on Tuesday.

A report into reforming the country's health… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.The ACT Party has announced David Seymour as its Whangārei candidate in the 2020 election, but it's not the David Seymour you are thinking of.

A Whangārei businessman, and namesake of the party's… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.An Auckland school is urging students not to retaliate after a brawl left two teenagers with injuries - one of them with a stab wound.

The fight on Friday afternoon involved students from two… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.An Auckland mother whose partner has been waiting nearly a year for a visa to meet their baby is appalled a nanny for an America's Cup team has been granted a visa ahead of her child's father.

Under… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.A Christchurch man who filmed himself coughing and sneezing on supermarket customers during the nationwide lockdown, has been fined $750 and sent to prison on other charges.

Raymond Gary Coombs was… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:29 PM.The second phase of firearms reforms are back on track, after a compromise was reached with New Zealand First.

Last year a law making most semi-automatic firearms illegal passed with near unanimous… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Dr Ayesha Verrall is coming under pressure over her political conflicts of interest just one day into her new life as a high-ranking Labour Party candidate.

Questions continue to be raised about why… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The two women who tested positive for Covid-19 had been granted an exemption to travel to Wellington after the death of one of their parents.

The Health Minister told Checkpoint he is not happy the… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.A weighty new report released on Tuesday recommends the most significant changes to New Zealand's health system in a generation according to Health Minister David Clark.

The long awaited Health and… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.A coronial inquest into the death of a man in an Auckland police cell more than six years ago is underway again.

Sentry Taitoko died in a suicide watch cell at the Counties Manukau Police station in… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.New Zealand Rugby is lauding Super Rugby Aotearoa's early success following bumper crowds at the weekend's games.

The national body posted a loss of $7.4 million last year and is desperate to see… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.The government is fast-tracking major infrastructure projects, cutting out a large part of the public consultation process to speed up economic growth in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The 11… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.With the first weekend of of Super Rugby a resounding success, there are hopes of more sell out crowds for this weekend's derbies.

More than 60,000 attended the weekend's matches in Auckland and… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.The Archbishop of Wellington has condemned a sign reading 'All lives matter' that was displayed outside a Catholic Church in Masterton over the weekend.

The message set out on the board outside St… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.Dunedin music venue The Cook is getting a new name because its owner says the current one is hurting people unnecessarily.

On the back of the Black Lives Matter movement questions have been raised… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Content Warning: The following story contains content that may be distressing to some viewers.

Protests have erupted in the US state of Georgia, after a black man was shot dead by police in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Mental health facilities generally got the balance right between preserving people's human rights and keeping them safe from Covid-19 during the strict lockdown.

But things might have been different… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.It's all or nothing this election for Labour MP Greg O'Connor, who is gambling a second term on what could be a tight fight in the Wellington electorate of Ōhariu after taking himself off the party… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.On Monday afternoon the government announced 11 infrastructure projects will be fast-tracked to stimulate the economy and provide jobs.

Environment Minister David Parker said the projects would be… Read more Video, Audio

6:26 PM.New Zealand fans starved of live sports will welcome the return of rugby this weekend, as the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition kicks off in front of some big crowds.

Saturday night's opening match… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.Auckland Council is recommending that most of the submissions opposing the dredging of the Rangitoto shipping channel should be rejected.

The move has angered environmentalists and iwi, but the… Read more Audio