Checkpoint

RNZ has captured footage of water gushing from a burst water main and pouring down the street in Aro Valley in central Wellington.

The pipe burst sending a torrent of water gushing out of the main on… Read more Audio

The New Zealand stock exchange has taken a beating.

The Financial Markets Authority delivered a scathing report on Thursday outlining a litany of failures at an operational and cultural level which… Read more Audio

Community checkpoints in Tai Tokerau have been shut down by police who say they risked public safety and people's right to travel freely.

Around a dozen volunteers from Te Tai Tokerau border control… Read more Video, Audio

No more people will be put into managed isolation at the Pullman hotel until further notice.

Tenani French is in managed isolation at the Pullman and joins Lisa Owen with the details. Read more Video, Audio

The government is temporarily toughening up managed isolation rules in the wake of a growing number of community Covid-19 cases.

Three people are now confirmed to have caught the more contagious… Read more Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay council review has found the region has a mess of business support groups trying to do the same thing.

One of the groups fears its days are numbered and its removal could hobble Hawke's… Read more Audio

Waitangi Day is set to go ahead as planned this year, despite other large-scale events in the north being moved online or postponed.

It comes as iwi leaders decided to move the National Iwi Chairs… Read more Audio

The Ministry of Heath has confirmed it is investigating two more possible cases of Covid-19 related to Auckland's Pullman Hotel.

The returnees completed their managed isolation in the same facility… Read more Video, Audio

Police say there is no need for roadside Covid-19 checkpoints in Northland but mana whenua are pushing ahead with them. 

Te Tai Tokerau is expecting an influx of Aucklanders ahead of the long weekend… Read more Audio

The Cook Islands government has cancelled a flight bound for Rarotonga in response to the recent community case of Covid-19 in Northland.

Thirty Cook Islanders were expected on the flight, which is… Read more Audio

It's the end of the golden weather for the South Island at least with temperatures set to drop by as much as 20C over the next 48 hours.

Parts of the South Island continued to bake and break records… Read more Audio

Social media influencers and community leaders will be among those used to spread information about Covid-19 vaccines.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed a public information campaign will begin… Read more Audio