Checkpoint

Auckland University has put a freeze on hiring staff in a bid to claw back what it estimates will be $30 million in losses this semester due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The university has about 2000… Read more Video, Audio

The number of coronavirus cases in Italy has surged to 400 with the World Health Organisation confirming for the first time the virus is spreading faster outside China.

More than 80,000 people in 40… Read more Video, Audio

A network of gun emplacements used to keep out a Japanese invasion during World War II have been given a new lease on life.

The concrete bunkers and underground ammunition rooms at the entry to… Read more Video, Audio

Warning - recycling habits are proving dangerous in Auckland and someone could get seriously hurt, as canisters, lighter fluid cans and car parts biffed in the rubbish are the main suspects in a spate… Read more Video, Audio

The coronavirus outbreak is threatening to ruin the Olympics in Japan and has already disrupted Kiwi athletes' preparations for the games.

Senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound… Read more Audio

New Zealand Football is quietly confident after completing the next step in their joint bid with Australia to host the 2023 Women's World Cup.

With a final decision around three months away - a team… Read more Audio

Following a major blunder last year in which NZ Golf bestowed the winner of the New Zealand Open with a fake korowai, it appears the organisation has learnt its lesson.

A pōwhiri with participation… Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has seen real poverty in Fiji but says despite some New Zealanders also living in hardship, doing nothing to help the Pacific isn't an option.

Jacinda Ardern visited a settlement… Read more Audio

The Immigration Minister is delegating more of his decision making to officials in the wake of the botched handling of Czech drug runner Karel Sroubek's deportation appeal.

Iain Lees-Galloway… Read more Audio

The government wants to see if people will warm to the idea of doing away with their high-emitting coal and wood burners.

They're also looking at tougher air quality standards, by monitoring smaller… Read more Audio

If you have ever flown long-haul in cattle class you will know only too well the pain and frustration of not being able to lie down.

Now Air NZ has moved to patent a new economy class sleep pod that… Read more Video, Audio