Checkpoint

Auckland secondary students are getting a further boost to their NCEA credits, to make up for being out of the classroom during the Supercity's second lockdown.

Bonus credits were announced for all… Read more Audio

The government is being urged to make a quick decision on what it's going to do about live export ships, as thousands of cows on quarantine farms face slaughter.

The Ministry for Primary Industries… Read more Audio

A stoush has broken out over new research that challenges whether green-certified homes are actually warmer, drier and healthier than typical new builds, as has been claimed.

The study by two… Read more Video, Audio

The National Party is promising a major rebuild of Hawke's Bay Hospital if elected, with diggers on site by 2025.

Judith Collins made the announcement in Hastings this morning.

RNZ deputy political… Read more Video, Audio

On the election campaign trail on Tuesday, Labour promised to slash the cost of paywave and extend the Small Business Cashflow loan scheme and if it's re-elected.

Leader Jacinda Ardern announced a… Read more Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed the government has been trying to facilitate an All Black test match to take place in New Zealand.

But the chances remain up in the air as rugby authorities… Read more Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister says the government is doing all it can to support the two New Zealand families with loved ones on board the missing Gulf Livestock 1.

The search and rescue mission for… Read more Video, Audio

The government could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in quake insurance payments following a potentially precedent setting Court of Appeal decision out today.

The court upheld an… Read more Video, Audio

The Crown has opened its prosecution of the Comancheros gang boss on drug and money laundering charges.

Its nearly a year and a half since a huge police operation raided ten properties across… Read more Audio

Warning: Story discusses suicide and euthanasia.

A woman dying of cancer is urging New Zealanders to 'pull the plug' on the proposed euthanasia law, saying people could be coerced into an early… Read more Video, Audio

Overwhelming rates bills and crippling debt - that's what a report has found Hawke's Bay will face if it does not take action to fix its drinking, waste and storm water.

A review has been released… Read more Video, Audio