Checkpoint

Buses are back, campervans are going cheap and thousands of Kiwis are hitting the road for the long weekend.

It's the first public holiday we've had since lockdown restrictions eased and plenty of… Read more Video, Audio

Documents obtained by Checkpoint have revealed numerous issues and a serious lack of consultation before the launch of the Police's Armed Response teams.

The trials were launched in Counties Manukau… Read more Video, Audio

On February 29, New Zealand had one active case of Covid-19. On Friday May 29, exactly three months on, there is now only one active case of Covid-19, with no new cases reported for a seventh day in a… Read more Video, Audio

On February 29, New Zealand had one active case of Covid-19. Today, exactly three months on, there is now only one active case of Covid-19, with no new cases reported for a seventh day in a row.

To… Read more Video, Audio

Live sport returns to TV screens throughout New Zealand and Australia tonight when rugby league's NRL resumes across the ditch.

Absent for two months due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the competition is… Read more Audio

Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic to help fix Wellington's broken sewer system are being hailed as heroes.

The specialists were needed after the pipes… Read more Video, Audio

Tenants in the commercial property market continue to wait for Covid-19 relief while government coalition partners Labour and New Zealand First duke out a deal.

New Zealand First leader Winston… Read more Audio

The country's struggling creative industry has received an almost $100 million boost from the government.

Leaders in the arts sector say the funding will save jobs threatened by Covid-19 and create… Read more Audio

The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.

However, some concessions have been made since the draft… Read more Audio

Most New Zealanders are unemployed, they just don't know it yet - that from National's new leader, as he headed home to the Bay of Plenty promising his party had much bigger plans than the government… Read more Video, Audio

Another death has been added to the Covid-19 toll for New Zealand, despite the fact the woman, who was in her 90s, did not actually have the virus when she died.

There are now just eight active cases… Read more Video, Audio

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