Checkpoint

The Māori community of Whanganui has taken to the city's streets, calling for an end to a string of violent deaths of Māori women. On Friday, a 26-year-old Taranaki man appeared in the Whanganui… Read more Audio

Wellington's former mayor Justin Lester has announced he's demanding a recount of the recent election results that saw him lose to Andy Foster by 62 votes. He says he's doing it for the sake of… Read more Audio

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

Firefighters have revealed new details of how they managed to bring the blaze at Auckland's SkyCity International Convention Centre under control. Four days after the fire broke out, crews have… Read more Video, Audio

A resident in a social housing complex says he found notorious bank robber and former long time prisoner Leslie Maurice Green in a terrible state before he was taken to hospital, where he died this… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ business reporter Nona Pelletier asked SkyCity chief executive Graeme Stephens when the precinct would be back to business.

He says the claim that SkyCity staff were told they would have to take… Read more Audio

The massive fire burning at SkyCity's Cconvention Centre has dampened down but fire crews are still battling flames and flare-ups.

While the fire is still active, firefighters say they're now in a… Read more Audio

Farmers won't have to start paying for their emissions until 2025, as long as they make progress in finding ways to measure and price emissions at the farm level.

But in the meantime legislation will… Read more Video, Audio

The government has announced what's its calling a world first to ensure the agricultural sector is responsible for its emissions, but will it be enough to keep farmers and environmentalists happy?

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The Olympic games has come to Whanganui - but not as we know it. More than 50 kaumātua - Māori elders - have taken part in the Taipahake Olympics - trying their hand at javelin, shot put and even a… Read more Video, Audio

More than a hundred years since armed constabulary troops desecrated the peaceful Taranaki settlement Parihaka, the Crown is owning up to its wrongs, and the people of Parihaka are starting to heal.

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The government is under pressure to limit harm from measles as it spreads to vulnerable Pacific Islands countries.

In Samoa, an outbreak was declared after a toddler died in Apia's hospital of a… Read more Video, Audio