Checkpoint

US President Donald Trump on Friday made a rambling 16-minute address riddled with false claims, delivered in the White House press briefing room.

Is there any substance to his claims of voter fraud… Read more Video, Audio

There was dismay in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie today, as special votes flipped Maungakiekie to Labour - losing National MP Denise Lee her seat.

The one term MP was 580 votes ahead before the… Read more Video, Audio

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

Meanwhile, there's been just one new case of Covid-19 in New Zealand's managed isolation facilities today.

But as hotels acting as the country's buffer between the outside world reach capacity ahead… Read more Audio

Acclaimed pop music duo Broods may have to cancel their summer shows in New Zealand after their singer missed out on a managed isolation hotel voucher.

They are among hopeful returnees who booked… Read more Audio

The Māori Party has doubled its numbers in Parliament to two.

Special votes confirmed Rawiri Waititi in the seat of Waiariki - the only electorate seat the Labour Party lost.

And with 1.2 percent of… Read more Video, Audio

The revolving door of politics has spat out two National MP's after the party lost its grip on three electorates in the final confirmed vote count.

Maungakiekie, Whangārei and Northland have all gone… Read more Audio

The race to the White House has turned into a crawl, with the United States still standing-by for confirmation of its next President.

The vital states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona… Read more Video, Audio

To Lebanon now and three months after the blast that rocked Beirut and killed more than 200 people, the cleaning up is still ongoing.

At least 6,500 people were injured, there was $15 billion of… Read more Video, Audio

Today marks 139 years since the invasion of Parihaka.

Our reporter Ella Stewart spoke with activist Lourdes Vano and historian Rachel Buchanan about the significance of this day in New Zealand… Read more Audio

A group fighting against any expansion of Wanaka Airport says the airport's owners aren't being truthful with the community about its plans.

Wanaka Airport, and its sister facility in Queenstown, are… Read more Audio

"No one is gonna take our democracy away from us, not now, not ever." Fighting words from US Presidential-hopeful Joe Biden as the election count crawls on in the US.

The Democrat remains on course… Read more Video, Audio