Checkpoint

A large fire has broken out at a warehouse in an industrial area of South Auckland, sending plumes of black smoke across Takanini.

Twenty fire trucks are responding to the blaze, which started around… Read more Audio

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

New information released to RNZ reveals that Shane Jones' office was sent documents about a forestry company's bid for $15 million from the Provincial Growth Fund multiple times and many months before… Read more Video, Audio

Five more babies in Samoa have died after contracting measles, bringing the nation's death toll from the measles epidemic to 60.

While the country's immunisation rates have never been high, a… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch asked the Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon if it is acceptable a clinic in New Zealand denied Samoan toddler Frederick his MMR booster shot on Monday.

The family of a 15-month-old Samoan boy denied a measles booster by a South Auckland medical clinic on Monday say their son was given antibiotics for a scratch but denied a vaccine because he was not… Read more Video, Audio

The urgency of upgrading Wellington's earthquake resilience has been laid bare in a new report.

The Lifelines Regional Resilience Project warns Wellington could be without electricity for up to six… Read more Audio

National says the government's foreign donation ban will fall well short of what's needed - but it is still supporting the bill.

The legislation to ban any foreign donations over $50 is being… Read more Audio

Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said medical centres in New Zealand will be reminded all children under 18 should be vaccinated for measles regardless of their citizenship.

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An Auckland iwi is putting its hand up to buy part of the city's waterfront if Ports of Auckland operations are moved to Northland.

On Tuesday Ngāti Whatua Orākei released its plans to develop almost… Read more Audio

The Community and Voluntary Sector Minister hasn't read a damning report into the Hepatitis Foundation's extravagant spending and wasn't aware of her department's refusal to answer questions.

RNZ… Read more Audio

A chicken farm in Auckland where 190,000 birds died did not proactively tell the authorities that anything had happened, and only did after they were dobbed in, animal welfare campaigners claim.

The… Read more Audio