Checkpoint

Pacific organisations are taking to the airwaves to try to address mental health concerns in the Pasifika community.

A new weekly radio segment, that will also run online, launched today - with the… Read more Audio

The number of people living with dementia in New Zealand will double in the next 30 years - according to a new report from the University of Auckland.

It's estimated more than 167,000 people will… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are still largely locked off from the rest of the country, and an epidemiologist wants it to stay that way unless vaccination rates rise.

Professor Rod Jackson from the University of… Read more Audio

The National Party wants to open up the country with a plan it says will allow New Zealanders to return home for Christmas.

The party has released a three-step plan to open the borders and stop… Read more Audio

Businesses are lining up to be part of the government's home-isolation trial that is due to get underway next month.

150 business people who will be charged $1000, stay in a self-contained house… Read more Video, Audio

An app aimed at stopping restaurant quality food ending up in bin has launched in Wellington today.

Foodprint allows hospitality venues to make excess food available to buy at a discount.

It's hoped… Read more Audio

A report by the government-appointed advisory panel into Oranga Tamariki is being described as weak and not going far enough to prompt transformational change the Minister is promising to enforce.

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Legal action is brewing by Grounded Kiwis - which advocates for vast numbers of expats who want to get home, but cannot.

With the demand for MIQ rooms massively outstripping supply, the right to… Read more Video, Audio

At least 31,000 people waited in the MIQ lottery line yesterday but missed out for possibly a second time.

Barry Smart is one of the lucky ones who nabbed a spot in MIQ yesterday. He travelled to… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6274685130001 Video, Audio

While humans are still waiting for their trims and regrowth touchups, in alert level three Auckland pet groomers are back in action.

Five weeks in level 4 has left groomers with a backlog of pooches… Read more Video, Audio

The government is set to expedite thousands of residence visa applications, RNZ understands.

Thousands of existing migrants who want to settle in New Zealand permanently have been waiting months for… Read more Video, Audio