Checkpoint

Waikato DHB bosses have admitted people's personal data may have fallen into the wrong hands, as a result of its cyber breach.

The entire system crashed nearly a week ago and it's not likely to be… Read more Audio

A group of exasperated cyclists in Wellington have taken matters into their own hands in a bid to protect themselves on the road.

They've put planter boxes along one of the city's main driving… Read more Video, Audio

There's been global condemnation after a fake bomb threat was used to force a commercial flight to divert to Belarus where a journalist on board was arrested.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.

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Wellington city councillors are gobsmacked at a proposal to lift rates by 16 percent next year, saying it's come completely out of the blue.

The capital city had consulted on a rise of 13.5 percent… Read more Audio

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The former Children's Commissioner Dame Cindy Kiro has been announced as the new Governor-General.

She will replace Dame Patsy Reddy whose five-year term ends in September.

Here's our deputy… Read more Audio

Wanaka skifields are trashing their rubbish bins; this season skiers will have to take their wrappers, food bags and waste off the slopes with them.

There will be recyling and compost bins instead -… Read more Video, Audio

A police investigation is underway in a rural area of the Far North after two men were found dead at a dairy farm this morning.

Police have spent the day in Awarua, which is just south of Kaikohe.

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Samoa has plunged deep into an unprecedented constitutional and political crisis.

A dramatic series of developments in Apia have added new twists to Samoa's protracted election.

The party which… Read more Video, Audio

Waikato DHB has admitted there's a real threat some people's personal information may have been breached, as a result of the cyber attack.

The DHB is still working to get its systems back online -… Read more Video, Audio

Looking a little worse for wear after three weeks of suspected bush bashing and possum wrestling, two missing Dunedin dogs have been found.

The border terriers Floss and Scruff had been playing down… Read more Video, Audio

Frontline staff working for fashion giant H-and-M walked off the job this afternoon.

The workers from two Auckland stores took to the streets accusing the employer of failing to meet its commitment… Read more Audio