Checkpoint

The Tourism Minister is warning the industry can not - and should not - try to turn back the clocks and return to its former glory.

Stuart Nash gave the opening address at the virtual Otago Tourism… Read more Audio

The government is going to tell teachers how to teach the basics as part of a major overhaul of maths and literacy teaching.

Launched today the Literacy, Communication and Maths Strategy is aimed at… Read more Video, Audio

Businesses in central Wellington that were starved of cash during the anti-mandate protest can now access a relief fund to try and recoup costs. \

The government and council are both chipping in for… Read more Audio

Central Hawke's Bay is the latest region to be battered by wild weather with 30 roads closed today.

While some have re-opened - significant closures are in place, coupled with water restrictions that… Read more Video, Audio

It's two years today since the country was plunged into level four lockdown.

Hand sanitiser became the hottest property in town.

We queued outside the supermarket. We went for walks, and more walks… Read more Audio

From midnight all crowd limits are off for outside events as Covid restrictions are loosened.

Most vaccine mandates and vaccine passes go on April 4. But winter is on the way and we've still got… Read more Video, Audio

The number of Covid cases in Auckland is now a third of what it was at the peak of the city's outbreak.

The Northern Region Health Coordination Centre says the number has been declining consistently… Read more Audio

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A Taranaki company servicing trucks is bleeding money while borders remain closed.

McCurdy Trucks in New Plymouth estimates it's losing hundreds of thousand of dollars a month cause its short on… Read more Video, Audio

The rain still hasn't stopped in Tairāwhiti. Despite a slight reprieve it's back in full force, plummeting down across the already sodden region.

The downpour has affected the local growers at the… Read more Video, Audio

A leaked security agreement could see China deploy police and its military personal to protect its people and major projects in Solomon islands.

And the unverified document that leaked online… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand and Australia have expressed alarm at a security deal in the works between Beijing and the Solomon Islands - which could pave the way for a Chinese naval base in the Pacific.

New Zealand… Read more Audio