Checkpoint

A keen gardener and volunteer, a legomaster and a young boy with a cheeky smile. Tributes have been flowing for three Raetihi residents who died in a farm vehicle accident on Sunday.

Mike and Bev… Read more Video, Audio

Meanwhile, stadium bosses, team Ceos and food vendors are welcoming the news that sports fans are now allowed back through the turnstiles.

New Zealand's professional sports teams in rugby, netball… Read more Audio

How do people feel about moving to level 1 from midnight? Alex Perrottet and cameraman Nick Monro went to the Auckland suburb of Henderson to find out. Read more Video, Audio

In just under seven hours New Zealand will finally move to alert level 1, about 101 days since our first confirmed case of Covid-19.

From midnight Tuesday morning, social distancing is no more. You… Read more Video, Audio

The government is committing to buying more than $1.5 billion dollars-worth of new planes for the Defence Force.

It is purchasing five new Lockheed Martin Super Hercules to replace the outdated 1960s… Read more Audio

More commercial properties in our big cities are up for lease as some businesses close and others look to downsize.

Even as the prospect of returning to level one and normal life beckons - is there a… Read more Audio

An extra 40,000 struggling businesses will be able to access the next round of the wage subsidy scheme following a drop in eligibility requirements.

The current wage subsidy scheme runs out on… Read more Audio

Families affected by Pharmac's decision to switch brands of Epilepsy drug say they have had no say in a report into the drug buying agencies processes, and are insulted by its findings.

The review… Read more Audio

A single tea bag and a burned sock were vital clues that led to finding trampers Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds alive and well.

The pair was found hungry and exhausted last week in a remote part… Read more Audio

Hundreds of displaced Queenstown workers may be used to help tackle a growing pest problem - wilding pines.

It's part of the $100 million the government announced in March to help redeploy workers… Read more Video, Audio

The Earthquake Commission's boss Sid Miller is again apologising on Friday, just a week and a half after saying sorry to 8,000 customers for accidentally leaking their personal details to a lawyer and… Read more Audio

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