Checkpoint

Political leaders have lined up to tell New Zealand business how their party intends to steward this country through the economic crisis, including a plan from Labour to loosen some restrictions at… Read more Video, Audio

A New Zealand entrepreneur is naming and shaming businesses he says are abusing the government wage subsidy scheme and should pay it back immediately.

Nick Mowbray of Zuru toys says large corporates… Read more Video, Audio

A church elder at the centre of Auckland's sub-cluster says pastors are encouraging members to get tested and prayer meetings have been held over Zoom since the police busted an illicit gathering… Read more Audio

Australia has pipped NZ to the post for hosting rights to rugby's first big international tournamnent since the Covid-19 pandemic.

November's Rugby Championship involving Australia, New Zealand… Read more Video, Audio

The All Whites will play England for the first time in almost 30 years, when they take on the world's fourth ranked football side at Wembley in London in November.

The match will have to be played… Read more Audio

Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.

The government is allowing… Read more Audio

Young people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.

It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Read more Audio

Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Read more Audio

A dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.

Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Read more Video, Audio

Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.

The sector directly employs about 230,000… Read more Video, Audio

Police are investigating possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison involving guards and gang members, which might have been going on for years.

An investigation has been running since July and involves… Read more Audio