Checkpoint

Warning: Contains audio content that listeners may find distressing.

A woman on trial for murdering her abusive partner has told a jury she was protecting her son when she stabbed him.

Karen Anne… Read more Audio

Samoan-born New Zealand boxer Jimmy Peau is being remembered as a gentle giant of the sport.

The Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold medalist - who recently had surgery on a brain tumour - died in… Read more Video, Audio

While much of the focus has been on Concert FM, the chief executives of the two broadcasting companies heading for a merger - RNZ and TVNZ - have been talking about what the future might look like.

A… Read more Audio

TV chef and restauranteur Sir Des Britten has been described as a Wellington trailblazer - with a unique vibrancy and energy.

He died early on Thursday morning after a battle with cancer, aged 82… Read more Video, Audio

Warning: Contains violent details that will be distressing to some listeners. The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her abusive partner has heard what her son told police the night of… Read more Audio

Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First Leader Winston Peters says he was involved in having a photograph taken of two journalists and former NZ First President Lester Gray.

The photographs were posted on… Read more Audio

The government wants to stop relying on motels for emergency housing - but it won't stop using them entirely.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and housing ministers Megan Woods and Kris Faafoi, have… Read more Audio

Tears flowed as the film maker being sued by Sir Robert Jones talked about how denigrated she felt by his column calling for a Māori Gratitude Day.

Renae Maihi has taken the witness stand on day four… Read more Video, Audio

The racing industry says it has reached crisis point, but leaders are not happy with how the Government is proposing to fix things.

The country's three main racing codes; New Zealand Thoroughbred… Read more Audio

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

More than 1300 people have now died after contracting Covid-19 coronavirus. But what is it actually like to have the flu-like virus? US Rebecca Frasure has coronavirus, but does not appear to be… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ's chief executive Paul Thompson and board chair Dr Jim Mather faced intense questioning by MPs this morning after a week of controversy.

RNZ announced last week Concert FM would move off FM and… Read more Video, Audio