Checkpoint

Shiva the eight-year-old dog has been miraculously saved after 24 hours stuck in a drain pipe during severe flooding in Nelson. On Monday, 16 year old Chloe Sellers was at her dad's work in… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about Thailand's prime minister being suspended after weeks of political turmoil, as well as Police in Singapore who can now seize control of… Read more Audio

A price tag of more than $80 for just over 3kg of prime New Zealand lamb is a little too rich, even for a former chef who devoted decades to fine dining. According to Stats NZ in the past year food… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about an intense low pressure system, which is being described as a 'bomb cyclone,' which today began to hit coastal communities along Australia's… Read more Audio

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

Wimbledon is now underway and the hot topic has been the historic heatwave which hit the competition with sweltering temperatures.The weather may be heating up but one tennis great is calling for cool… Read more Audio

The government is introducing instant fines for shoplifters, with penalities up to $1000. It said low level theft is a real scourge on the community and public confidence in the justice system is… Read more Audio

Youth MPs are accusing the government of censoring them over changes to their speeches in Parliament. The 11th Youth Parliament is underway, drawing young people from all over the country to… Read more Audio

Wanaka's health woes have taken centre stage today at a fiery public meeting with government ministers. At the third stop on a rural roadshow, Matt Doocey, Mark Patterson and health chiefs were… Read more Audio

A rising number of people are considering ditching insurance, taking a gamble to cope with rising prices. New figures from Centrix show almost half a million people are behind on debt repayments, with… Read more Audio

A fledgling Hawkes Bay business is ten of thousands of dollars out of pocket after six burglaries in just two months. Pedalista is a mobile coffee and bike repair service that operates from a… Read more Audio

Nearly half of Kiwi adults say they're skipping going to the dentist because they can't afford it. Research has shown that's costing the country billions of dollars a year in lost productivity and… Read more Audio