Checkpoint

A vaccine event serving Māori and Pacific people with disabilities kicks off today, with a focus on inclusion.

The event Rally Your Village runs until Saturday evening at the Pacific Locality… Read more Audio

Royal NZ College of GPs medical director Dr Bryan Betty has told Checkpoint of the approximately 5500 GPs around NZ he estimates there are less than 30 "antivax" doctors.

He said doctors are like… Read more Video, Audio

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NZ Institute of Medical Laboratory Science president Terry Taylor has told Checkpoint there is potential for some big delays if a Covid case causes a surge of Covid testing in small towns around New… Read more Video, Audio

Sports with a history of doping, dodgy judging and animal cruelty will have to clean up their act if they want to feature at the 2028 Olympic Games.

The International Olympic Committee has announced… Read more Audio

Health professionals are warning backlogs due to lockdown are causing a rise in cancers that could've been detected months earlier.

After two years of lockdowns, the Ministry of Health says the… Read more Audio

Constable Matthew Hunt was murdered by Eli Epiha in June last year and was sent to jail today for at least 27 years.

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The Black Caps have touched down on home soil - fresh from their test series defeat to India.

But it's the feats of spinner Ajaz Patel that will long be remembered for cricket fans across the globe.

Hoons are causing waves of a different kind at a Kāpiti beach. Locals say quad bikes, four wheel drives, utes and motorbikes are cutting up their coastline between Peka Peka and Te Horo, even though… Read more Video, Audio

Imagine working in a rest home and having to choose who gets care and who misses out.

Care workers who took their plea for enforceable minimum staff numbers to Parliament today, say that's what's… Read more Audio

Skyrocketing Auckland house prices are being blamed for causing mental health problems and relationship issues by some at the raw end of the city's market.

The average Auckland house price rose… Read more Audio

The first electric ferry in the Southern Hemisphere will soon be switched on and leading the charge across the Wellington harbour.

The ferry will be launched next week, but the Prime Minister got her… Read more Video, Audio