Checkpoint

Good news for the struggling tertiary education sector - officials have signalled work is underway to allow foreign students to return to New Zealand.

Auckland's mayor Phil Goff has asked the… Read more Audio

Plans to head across the ditch for a winter getaway are inching closer with a blueprint for a trans-Tasman bubble being presented to both countries' Cabinets in coming weeks.

But while Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

For a second day straight, National has found itself in controversy about colour - specifically, the colour white.

Tensions over race relations have boiled over again today with one senior National… Read more Audio

Friends of young trampers Jess O'Connor and Dion Reynolds say they're over the moon the pair has been found alive and well after spending 18 days in Kahurangi National Park.

Search and rescue teams… Read more Audio

There hasn't been a lot of good news over the past few months but on Wednesday, two trampers missing in the Kahurangi National Park have been found after 19 days.

Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor… Read more Video, Audio

Covid 19 restrictions have seen scores of restaurants around the country close their doors for good.

While the wage subsidy has helped some, it does nothing to help pay commercial rents, and with… Read more Video, Audio

And those who have been struggling to get by long before the pandemic hit say they've been left feeling like they're less deserving of support.

They're accusing the government of treating them… Read more Audio

Both sides of the political spectrum are criticising the government on what is being described as a two-tiered benefit system.

The government has received backlash after announcing a payment for… Read more Audio

How does New Zealand connect with international researchers and get in on the vaccine game?

Lisa Owen asked the Minister for Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods. Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand scientists have been given a leg up in the global race for a Covid-19 vaccine, with the government announcing it will inject millions into research and development here and overseas.

The… Read more Audio

New Zealander Chris Elphick has been holed up in a Wellington hotel since before the lockdown started, basically trapped, waiting for a flight to back to Vanuatu where he now lives - and his partner… Read more Video, Audio

Excited but exhausted - that's how students are finding returning to the classroom a week after the lockdown.

While school attendance has fallen slightly, principals report attendance is gradually… Read more Audio