Checkpoint

A case that has gripped the nation for nearly three decades has reached the country's highest court, two months after the death of the man at the centre of it all.

Peter Ellis served seven years of a… Read more Audio

Kaikōura business owners say stress and sadness from dealing with insurance companies still hangs over them, three years to the day a massive earthquake rocked the town.

On November 14, 2016 a 7.8… Read more Video, Audio

An Australian woman has told her story of survival after battling seven hours through the night to save her house from a deadly bushfire.

Ann Windress, her husband Mick and two relatives used hoses… Read more Video, Audio

There are calls for the government to save more Māori women's lives by immediately funding a DIY test for the virus that causes many cervical cancers.

Māori women are more than twice as likely to be… Read more Video, Audio

Corrections is calling for more powers to read, copy and store letters coming in and out of prisons, now that a review of its mail system has identified 'deficiencies' in the law.

The independent… Read more Audio

Hundreds of farmers marched on parliament on Thursday, saying the countryside risks being swamped by tree planting and their livelihoods risk going to the wall.

They say slow-growing trees do not pay… Read more Video, Audio

Former inspector Hurimoana Dennis is standing by his actions and insists he was a good cop, despite scathing reports revealing he abused his power as well as unlawfully detaining a teenager in 2015.

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

The political battle lines have been drawn over the future of public broadcasting, with National coming out strongly against a plan to create one public broadcaster to replace RNZ and TVNZ.

RNZ has… Read more Video, Audio

The new head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care concedes there are fences to be mended in gaining the trust of survivors working with the investigation.

Former district court Judge… Read more Video, Audio

The man accused of murdering Grace Millane told the police he sobbed and vomited as he put her body into a suitcase the day after she died in his apartment.

Video footage of the 27-year-old man's… Read more Video, Audio

Lunch goers in Christchurch were given a special treat today as world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma made an appearance on the banks of the city's Avon River.

The free concert aimed to highlight the value… Read more Video, Audio