Checkpoint

Auckland Council is giving thousands of kauri trees in the Waitākere Ranges a full health check.

The forest is being surveyed to monitor trees for years to come - tracking how kauri dieback disease… Read more Video, Audio

It was a noisy wake-up call for some Wellington residents this morning, as bus drivers on strike started the picket line well before sunrise in one of the capital's suburbs.

Chants, car horns, and a… Read more Video, Audio

UK politicians have slammed New Zealand's response to China's policies and alleged human rights abuses against the Uighur minority.

It comes as the UK declares it genocide and crimes against… Read more Audio

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New figures show the rate of antidepressants being prescribed over the past four years is at an all time high and there's a huge disparity between ethnic groups.

Data released to Checkpoint under the… Read more Audio

The government has made drastic changes to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care's inquiry, meaning abuse that's happened over the last 22 years can no longer be investigated.

The inquiry is… Read more Audio

Traffic is busy heading out of Auckland on Friday afternoon, as the long weekend begins.

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth is on a motorway overbridge in central Auckland with the latest details. Read more Video, Audio

New, tougher border restrictions are expected to slash the number of Covid-19-positive returnees from India alone, by 75 percent.

The government has classified India as a "very high risk country"… Read more Video, Audio

We are here before you, because we are scared" - that was the message to Wellington councillors from the Alliance Against Sexual Violence this morning.

Three weeks on from their rally which called… Read more Audio

Rotorua residents fighting to save Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course claim a proposed development on the site could wipe up to $100,000 off the values of neighbouring houses.

But the group Saving… Read more Video, Audio

Australia and New Zealand's foreign ministers were all smiles during their first face-to-face meeting, despite an assortment of festering trans-Tasman tensions.

Marise Payne has made quick use of the… Read more Video, Audio

People living in isolated areas lacking health services want their voices heard, following the health reforms announcement.

Health Minister Andrew Little says a new entity - Health NZ - will strive… Read more Audio