Checkpoint

An economist is predicting the rise of generation rent as house prices reach record levels.

The latest figures from the monthly house price index shows house prices have increased by almost 20… Read more Audio

There was shock and confusion at the Auckland apartment block where the country's latest community case of Covid-19 lives.

With no health officials on site, it was left to media to break the news to… Read more Video, Audio

A Covid-19 modeller who provides advice to the government says if the virus has been circulating for a while there could be a few dozen cases in the community.

Physics academic and Covid-19 modeller… Read more Video, Audio

Health authorities are racing to find the source of a new community case of Covid-19, but right now they have no idea where the Auckland student caught the virus.

The woman in her twenties has no… Read more Video, Audio

Millions of online digital communications are being preserved to create a snapshot of Aotearoa's response to Covid-19.

The National Library and the Alexander Turnbull Library collection includes… Read more Video, Audio

Wellington city councillors are in a tense meeting to decide whether to proceed with the sale and lease of a couple of controversial pieces of land at Shelly Bay.

They're discussing the future of the… Read more Audio

Multiple mechanics say the bus involved in a fatal crash on Mt Ruapehu was mechanically sound, and pointed towards driver error.

The inquest into the death of 11-year-old Hannah Francis is into its… Read more Audio

A Northland farmer has been found guilty of mistreating rodeo animals after a group of lawyers took a private prosecution against him because the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) would not. 

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A mass brawl and numerous serious alcohol-related incidents in New Plymouth have been pinned on the city's alcohol control bylaw lapsing.

Police learned the bylaw was unenforceable in March - but it… Read more Audio

The Māori Party has requested a recount in Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Hauāuru, claiming discrimination prevented many Māori from voting.

Its president Che Wilson says he was bombarded with… Read more Audio

Decency is basically the only handbrake on the powers of outgoing President Donald Trump, as his days in the Oval Office near their end.

President-Elect Joe Biden will not be sworn in until January… Read more Video, Audio

National's leader Judith Collins has unveiled her new line-up with some dramatic promotions and demotions.

Her two predecessors Simon Bridges and Todd Muller have tumbled down the new caucus… Read more Audio