Checkpoint

Music venues and theatres in Auckland can fling their doors open again, now that the city is back to Covid-19 alert level 1.

They've endured more than six months of uncertainty, the inability to… Read more Audio

It's steady as she goes for Labour and a slight drop for National in the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.

Numbers show Labour is still out in front but will need the help of the Greens to govern.

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Farmers sick of shooing intruders off their properties are demanding answers after some tracks were wrongly marked as roads on Google Maps.

The tech giant's conceded private tracks and driveways have… Read more Audio

While Labour and National are aspiring for first prize, Act and the Greens are racing for the bronze medal.

According to recent polling, both parties are neck and neck to take the third biggest party… Read more Audio

Despite a return to level one, and some workers returning to the office, small businesses are sceptical that all their clientele will be coming back.

Auckland's eight-week-long restrictions came to… Read more Audio

The man who was convicted of murdering two women at the Ashburton Work and Income office has argued he was not fit to stand trial.

Russell John Tully was found guilty in 2016 of fatally shooting… Read more Audio

It has been revealed two people charged in the New Zealand First Foundation electoral funding case allegedly used a fraudulent trick to secure hundreds of thousands of dollars and that money was then… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

The two MPs vying to be Prime Minister have disagreed on whether election advertising should remain banned on election day.

After the 2017 election, the Electoral Commission encouraged the government… Read more Video, Audio

And the National Party is trying to steady its ship after a shocker week on the campaign.

Judith Collins has been dogged by caucus dissent, internal leaking, a debate loss and a walkabout whoopsie.

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CNN correspondent Nadia Romero watched the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence in Salt Lake City in Utah.

Lisa Owen asked if the so called "dumpster fire " of a presidential… Read more Video, Audio

Billed as potentially the most important vice presidential debate in US history - it could equally have been mistaken for the start of 2024 campaign to be commander-in-chief.

Democratic candidate… Read more Video, Audio