Checkpoint

The latest National Party caucus reshuffle is looking like political snakes and ladders.

Some MPs have taken a big slide, and some have rocketed up the ranks. Former leader Judith Collins has gone… Read more Video, Audio

The Hilton hotel at Lake Taupō is throwing out the welcome for pampered pooches. It's the first local establishment in the international chain to offer in room accommodation for your fur baby.

Hotel… Read more Video, Audio

It's finally game on this season for two NZ sports teams forced by Covid to relocate to Australia.

Sports reporter and commentator Glen Larmer talks to Lisa Owen about what's going on.

  Read more Video, Audio

The government's sudden boost in hospital funding to prepare for Covid cases is being called overly ambitious - and too late.

The government plans to pump $644 million into ICU capacity and… Read more Audio

In the Bay of Plenty most of the region has moved to the orange light, but some businesses have chosen to do things differently. Leah Tebbutt reports. Read more Audio

The great traffic light switch on has happened, with the nation now lit up in orange and red.

Despite having no active cases of Covid in the community Whanganui has found itself in the red zone due… Read more Audio

A Canterbury sheep called Burt has done something many social media influencers can only aspire to and become a TikTok heavyweight.

Whether it's a video of Burt sitting on the couch, getting into the… Read more Audio

Sporting Aucklanders are being unleashed this weekend after 107 days in lockdown with hundreds expected to hit cricket pitches around the city.

But a warning from ACC - by that we mean the Accident… Read more Video, Audio

The Covid outbreak in Nelson seems to have given people the nudge they needed to get their first vaccination.

There are 14 cases of the virus in the region - made up of two separate clusters - with… Read more Audio

Auckland University law students have joined the fight to get MSD to refund women who've had their benefits docked for not naming a child's father. Read more Video, Audio

Counties-Manukau DHB initially declined to accept a Covid-positive patient from Fiji, and the Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield questioned why Australia was not asked to take the woman.

… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6284949273001 Video, Audio