Checkpoint

NZ First plans to review the way it handles donations. The move follows news the Serious Fraud Office is investigating the NZ First Foundation, after the Electoral Commission concluded donations to it… Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has made it clear she will fight to keep RNZ Concert on an FM frequency.

Jacinda Ardern says she's frustrated RNZ pushed ahead with announcing proposed changes to RNZ Concert, when… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister has made it clear she will fight to keep RNZ Concert on an FM frequency.

Jacinda Ardern says she's frustrated RNZ pushed ahead with announcing proposed changes to RNZ Concert, when… Read more Audio

Taika Waititi has won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his World War Two comedy Jojo Rabbit.

The film was nominated for six awards in total, but has so far missed out on Best… Read more Audio

As flood-swamped Southland slowly drains and reopens, some people's first thoughts have been with their furry, four-legged friends.

While pets were lodged in special animal evacuation centres, other… Read more Audio

Cabinet has approved a business case to see whether the government's idea of creating a new, super-sized public broadcaster is viable. After months of speculation, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi… Read more Audio

Meanwhile, health authorities here are urging several thousand New Zealanders who've recently returned from China to register with a new helpline if they're in self-imposed quarantine.

The Ministry… Read more Audio

Food delivered outside your door, fresh towels if you're lucky, but no clean sheets, and only short bursts of fresh air.

For nearly 4,000 people aboard the Diamond Princess, this is no cruise.

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New Zealand airline pilots are worried about the safety of Auckland Airport's main runway, with reports of 30 centimetre chunks of concrete coming loose where planes land.

A number of flights were… Read more Audio

The government has set its sights on cutting carbon emissions in the state sector but admits it has no real information on what impact its own agencies are having on the environment.

Figures released… Read more Video, Audio

A Mongrel Mob member found guilty of murder yelled "I didn't do that" and "I've been framed" at his sentencing in court on Friday.

Warren Pay was found guilty of murdering 29-year-old Faapaia… Read more Audio

More than 3,700 passengers remain in quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship now docked at Yokohama.

More than 60 passengers have now been diagnosed with the coronovirus including one New… Read more Video, Audio