Checkpoint

The government has unveiled sweeping new health changes in a bid to resuscitate an ailing inequitable system, that's ended in a postcode lottery.

All 20 DHBs are being scrapped along with… Read more Video, Audio

The under pressure Ports of Auckland chief executive has met with union officials for the first time since a scathing health and safety report was released.

Union members at the Ports have called for… Read more Video, Audio

There was disappointment for some dedicated royal fans today - three self-proclaimed nanas turned up to Prince Philip's memorial service, hoping to slip into the pews.

RNZ reporter Harry Lock spoke… Read more Audio

In five years' time, Helen Clark wants to see Huntly power station no longer burning coal, a ban on fossil-fuel-powered cars into New Zealand, and agriculture paying for its emissions.

Clark has… Read more Video, Audio

Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Read more Audio

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The weekly reveal of Covid-19 vaccination numbers was rolled out today, but the numbers were a bit stale.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins released plans last week about how the nationwide… Read more Audio

Guilty on all charges. The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes, as he gasped for air, begging for his life on a Minneapolis street, has been convicted of murder.

After… Read more Video, Audio

Prince Philip has been remembered at a State Memorial service in Wellington this afternoon.

Prime Ministers past and present, the Governor-General and the British High Commissioner were among those… Read more Video, Audio

"Bold and necessary" is how a 30-year health veteran is describing the government's shake-up.

Dr Lester Levy has chaired New Zealand's biggest DHBs, headed up a private hospital and is the current… Read more Video, Audio

Consistency and cohesion is what the government is promising in a massive shake up to the health system.

The 20 DHBs will be gone, and a new body - Health NZ - will be set up, along with a specific… Read more Video, Audio

Derek Chauvin's fate is now in the hands of a Minneapolis jury. The legal team for the former US police officer, who knelt on George Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes until he died, argued in its… Read more Audio