Checkpoint

The government's come under more scrutiny today for skyrocketing house prices.

The Prime Minister and her deputy say they are seeking advice on ways to slow down the rampant price increases.

Today… Read more Audio

It's not a typical Christmas story but arguably it involves grinches, what some may describe as a miracle, and even a touch of redemption.

On Sunday thieves stripped a church near Nelson of all its… Read more Video, Audio

Christmas is just around the corner but things are looking a bit different for Covid-19-style festivities.

Visits to Santa aren't quite the same and some traditions have been scrapped altogether, to… Read more Video, Audio

Porirua City Council is expecting to have to find more accommodation for people whose houses have been ruined in recent flooding.

Seventeen houses in total have been made uninhabitable.

Harry Lock… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Global consumer giant Unilever is using its New Zealand workers as a test run for a four-day working week.

From Monday, its New Zealand-based employees will start a trial working a shorter week, and… Read more Audio

The tourism industry is warning that tightening rules around managing risks could hit the sector hard in the wake of the Whakaari White Island eruption.

At least two tourism operators - White Island… Read more Audio

The country's spy agency watchdog says the SIS behaved in a "questionable" way when it decided not to tell police it knew a serious crime was being committed.

The report by the Inspector-General of… Read more Video, Audio

A prolific Hawke's Bay dog breeder, at the centre of a Checkpoint investigation into the commercial trade of puppies, has been ordered to cover an unhappy client's vet bills.

Auckland woman Justine… Read more Audio

New Zealand has sided with Australia over an escalating row with China, after a Chinese foreign affairs official sent a tweet featuring a doctored picture of an Australian soldier.

The rhetoric's… Read more Audio

A police dog is being treated for at least one bullet wound this evening after being shot by a wanted man as he tried to get away from Northland police.

The man who allegedly pulled the trigger is in… Read more Audio

Pacific Islands seasonal workers who will be allowed into New Zealand under a new border exemption will finally be paid a living wage.

The New Zealand government has granted a border exception for… Read more Audio