Checkpoint

The mother of slain police constable Matthew Hunt has condemned the getaway driver for her 'unbelievable' selfishness on the day her son was gunned down.

Natalie Bracken has been sentenced to 12… Read more Audio

A King Country father and his three children missing in bush for 17 days survived on 'bush food' and rice.

Tom Phillips and his children had not been seen for 17 days until they returned home out of… Read more Video, Audio

There were 19 new community infections confirmed on Friday, but health authorities estimate there will be at least 30 more based on transmission rates and the number of households contacts.

More than… Read more Video, Audio

The Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian has resigned amid an investigation by the state's corruption watchdog.

Public hearings wiil be held later this month to investigate whether there… Read more Video, Audio

Psychologists say there's emerging evidence of long-term and in some cases 'severe' effects from time spent in MIQ, brought on by a lack of control, autonomy and social contact.

While many returnees… Read more Audio

Another benefit sanction is on the scrap heap, but advocates are questioning how long it's taking for the government to make good on its promise to overhaul the welfare system.

A law change to remove… Read more Audio

Police say a man pointed a gun at officers and the public multiple times during a police pursuit across several Auckland suburbs this morning.

Officers followed the car and its two occupants from… Read more Audio

Aucklanders can look forward to a staycation these school holidays with the Prime Minister confirming the region is likely to stay locked down for a while yet - even if restrictions inside the… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand will welcome five times the usual number of new residents by the end of next year.

In what the government describes as the biggest immigration decision in living memory, 165,000 migrants… Read more Audio

Ohai is today closing the book on its more than century long association with coal.

The small western Southland settlement sprang up around large coal deposits discovered in the 1910s, but its time… Read more Video, Audio

After 13 years is the toxic relationship between pop star Britney Spears and her father over?

Journalist and entertainment correspondent Sean Mandell joins me now from Los Angeles.

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Those who fought tirelessly against the mining of tonnes of iron sands off the coast of South Taranaki believe the end of seabed mining is here.

The Supreme Court decision has dismissed an appeal by… Read more Audio