Checkpoint

A back flip on uniform standards means female gymnasts will no longer be penalised for having visbile bra straps and can wear shorts over their leotards. Gymnastics New Zealand has overhauled… Read more Audio

More than 1000 people have taken part in the 160th commemorations of the battle of Ōrākau today. It comes as the process to return the battle site near Te Awamutu to iwi hands nears its end. Pokere… Read more Audio

The Wanaka chamber of commerce said Easter trading rules are crazy and need to change, after two local supermarkets broke the law to stay open during the region's busiest weekend of the year. Thanks… Read more Audio

People who only just had their heads above water, are now slowly drowning, according to a community leader. David Letele has recently had to cull the number of families receiving food parcels from his… Read more Audio

The government is zeroing in on school attendance and is signaling a crackdown on parents to help get kids to school regularly. Pretoria Gordon went to ask people what the government could do to get… Read more Audio

Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about a New Zealand presence in the AFL and Ardie Savea's thoughts about All Blacks getting picked from overseas. Read more Audio

Wellingtonian John Flux is letting the grass grow under his feet and on the front berm of his Lower Hutt property, not because he is lazy, but for environmental reasons. At its peak, the lush grass… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about Florida's Supreme Court ushering in a 6 week abortion ban, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona passing away and… Read more Audio

A machete attack in the emergency department at Wairarapa Hospital has a prompted calls for a review of security in smaller hospitals around the country. Medical staff and a patient had to disarm the… Read more Audio

In Australia, crisis talks on the future of cash deliveries to banks and supermarkets are going down to the wire. The cash transit company Armourguard is yet to accept or reject a financial lifeline… Read more Audio

The Ministry of Pacific Peoples is the latest to face the reality of the Coalition government's cost-cutting, with staff informed of plans to slash the workforce by 40%. Under the proposal, 63… Read more Audio