Checkpoint

There are concerns high wages paid to casual medical staff to plug gaps in the health system are discouraging doctors from taking full time positions. Te Whatu Ora said its forecast full year spend on… Read more Audio

The Department of Corrections has admitted it failed to properly monitor a paroled prisoner who went on to brutally murder a woman in her Christchurch home. Colombian national Juliana Bon-illa Herrera… Read more Audio

It's taken the best part of a decade but sod has finally been turned on Wellington's Golden mile upgrade. The $116 million dollar plan was part of the "Let's Get Wellington Moving" initiative before… Read more Audio

Auckland's flagship rugby side are truly feeling the Blues. The defending Super Rugby Pacific champions lost yet another game over the weekend - coming up short against the Reds. The struggling side… Read more Audio

It's known as the land of the free - but the United States under Donald Trump's second term's seen increasing caution from other countries. New Zealand's government has started a review of official… Read more Audio

Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Israel bombing Lebanon's capital, the US and Iran wrapping up a third round of nuclear talks and one of Gaza's key aid agencies running… Read more Audio

The Head of English at an Auckland college says he won't teach the proposed new English curriculum and is urging other teachers to boycott it too. The draft curriculum released earlier this month… Read more Audio

Promises to voters, along with the occasional backdown, are flowing thick and fast as the Australian national election heads towards it final week of campaigning. Australia correspondent Peter Ryan… Read more Audio

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

It will be brothers in arms for Moana Pasifika on Saturday. The Savea siblings reunite for their first game together at the franchise. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Melissa Chan-Green. Audio

It has been three decades since thirteen Tai Poutini Polytechnic students and a DOC worker died when a poorly-constructed viewing platform collapsed at Cave Creek, on the West Coast. A private… Read more Audio

A cross-party visit to Taiwan has drawn a strong rebuke from China, which has accused the New Zealand MPs of colluding with pro-independence separatist forces. New Zealand does not recognise Taiwan as… Read more Audio