Checkpoint

Family Planning was not planning for an unprecedented shortage of oral contraceptives, but its now faced with supplies of four brands running out in the next few weeks.

And it is warning women to… Read more Video, Audio

The first All Blacks team of the year has been named and while three uncapped players will debut from the bench, the match day 23 is a largely predictable side for Sunday's Bledisloe Cup opener in… Read more Audio

Motels and accomodation providers receiving millions of dollars in emergency housing payments from the government have also claimed tens of thousands of dollars in wage subsidies.

One Auckland… Read more Audio

Wellington's environment and conservation efforts are under siege after a spate of malicious or ignorant attacks.

A wildlife sanctuary's fence has been slashed, large bags of bread were ditched and… Read more Audio

Part of a grandmother's crockpot is among the little left of a Lake Ōhau home lost in one of the most destructive fires the country has ever seen.

Fire and Emergency's contained the fire at Lake… Read more Audio

Debris thought to be from the missing cargo ship, Gulf Livestock one, has been found close to where it sank near the Tokara Islands, in Japan.

It's raised the hopes of family members, including two… Read more Audio

Days before Jacinda Ardern changed the election date to October, the Electoral Commission warned they'd struggle to make the date work.

The latest tranche of documents on the governement's Covid-19… Read more Audio

While party leaders are still traversing the country trying to sell their message, hundreds of thousands of people have already cast their vote - well in advance of the election.

Voting is up more… Read more Audio

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

The tables turned on the campaign trail today with Judith Collins putting the boot into Labour while Jacinda Ardern was forced to defend a minister.

The National leader has spent the best part of the… Read more Audio

Pharmac is apologising to thousands of women who will be forced to change oral contraceptives because supplies of some pill brands are about to run out.

About 25,000 women take the four contraceptive… Read more Video, Audio

Wellington is poised to host the country's first international sporting event since the Covid-19 pandemic, when the All Blacks face off against the Wallabies on Sunday.

Despite the dirth of… Read more Audio