Checkpoint

Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Read more Audio

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The weekly reveal of Covid-19 vaccination numbers was rolled out today, but the numbers were a bit stale.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins released plans last week about how the nationwide… Read more Audio

Guilty on all charges. The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes, as he gasped for air, begging for his life on a Minneapolis street, has been convicted of murder.

After… Read more Video, Audio

Prince Philip has been remembered at a State Memorial service in Wellington this afternoon.

Prime Ministers past and present, the Governor-General and the British High Commissioner were among those… Read more Video, Audio

"Bold and necessary" is how a 30-year health veteran is describing the government's shake-up.

Dr Lester Levy has chaired New Zealand's biggest DHBs, headed up a private hospital and is the current… Read more Video, Audio

Consistency and cohesion is what the government is promising in a massive shake up to the health system.

The 20 DHBs will be gone, and a new body - Health NZ - will be set up, along with a specific… Read more Video, Audio

Derek Chauvin's fate is now in the hands of a Minneapolis jury. The legal team for the former US police officer, who knelt on George Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes until he died, argued in its… Read more Audio

The National Party is defending its role in the Transmission Gully, following a scathing review that found the project was flawed from the get go.

An interim review into the 27km highway has found… Read more Audio

Winston Peters has been back in court today, appealing the decision made last year where he was ordered to pay over $300,000.

It all goes back to a leak to the media in 2017 which revealed the former… Read more Audio

There are calls for Franz Josef emergency service buildings on top of the Alpine fault to be urgently moved after research has shown the probability of a devastating quake striking the South Island… Read more Audio

A Christchurch woman with cancer has a massive hurdle to get through and it's not just chemo, but finding a home to live in.

Krystal Brown has been staying in a sleep-out and needs a bigger place to… Read more Video, Audio