Checkpoint

A brain-damaged man who died of suspected suicide while in a secure mental health unit should not have been there, and was being treated in a way that did not help his condition, according to a report… Read more Video, Audio

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

At least 1,500 jobs are on the line at Fletcher Building - the latest company to undertake significant cost saving measures in the wake of Covid-19.

It took a $55 million pre-tax hit during the… Read more Audio

Potato lovers are being told the closure of independent grocers during lockdown was to blame for a big spike in spud prices last month.

New figures from Stats NZ show potato prices hit an all-time… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand is looking to furlough some of its cabin crew for three years or longer with the incentive of being rehired first, if and when the airline takes off after a massive downturn following… Read more Video, Audio

An elderly Mangawhai couple could be kicked out of their own home over a long-running rates dispute with Kaipara District Council.

Bruce and Heather Rogan say their quality of life has plummeted as a… Read more Video, Audio

A man shot and killed in Waitara on Tuesday was still in the driver's seat of a stationary vehicle when he was fatally wounded.

Police say he was attempting to get out of the stolen car and had a… Read more Audio

Simon Bridges has called the bluff of his potential challengers, and has called National Party MPs to Parliament for a vote on the leadership midday Friday.

It is still not clear where the votes… Read more Video, Audio

Taxpayers could end up being liable if a ship laden with 40,000 barrels of crude oil - which is sitting just 50 kilometres off the Taranaki coast - is involved in a spill.

The FPSO Umuroa is a… Read more Audio

It is another day of no new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand.

There have been no more deaths and two people remain in hospital. But New Zealand's overall tally has increased by four, to 1503, as the… Read more Audio

The New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is going back to court to appeal the High Court decision over the leak of his pension details.

Mr Peters now claims he knows who the leak came from -… Read more Audio

Northland schools have the lowest attendance rates after the Covid-19 level 4 and level 3 lockdown, with one only getting about quarter of their students back.

About 800,000 students were due back in… Read more Video, Audio