Checkpoint

Ecologists have discovered a handful of rare lizards during a top secret gecko census at an undisclosed location south of Auckland. The Raukawa gecko is considered at risk on the mainland  due to… Read more Audio

China's President Xi Jinping is on a charm offensive to drum up business across the region. Checkpoint's correspondent in Taipei, Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen.  Audio

There is much a do about piles of doggy do littering a popular Southland walkway. So much so the Conservation department's considering banning pooping pooches from Foveaux walkway near Bluff. It said… Read more Audio

Housing has emerged as the key election battlefield between the major parties in the Australian election campaign ahead of the May 3rd ballot. Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

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

A New Zealand football referee will be wearing a body camera when he officiates at the Club World Cup in June. Waikato's Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh is among 35 referees who will take control at the… Read more Audio

A Northland man's been forced to fashion a prosthetic foot out of back shed bits and bobs after someone pinched the real deal. Russel Blank, had sent his prosthetic foot off for repairs at the… Read more Audio

We all know someone who's been sitting on their restricted license for years or perhaps struggling to get a test slot. The Government says scraping the second practical test needed to get a full… Read more Audio

Nutty, irrational policy, that is costing a New Zealand toy company billions of dollars a year in trade tariffs. That's how Zuru Toys co-founder Nick Mowbray describes US import taxes and said… Read more Audio

The Public Service Association said hundreds more jobs could go at Health NZ - and affected staff have told RNZ they feel despondent, exhausted and anxious. Health NZ has confirmed it's consulting… Read more Audio

Transgender researchers are disappointed Health New Zealand has been told to stop using the term "pregnant people" in favour of "pregnant women". The coalition has told the agency the use of inclusive… Read more Audio

An iconic New Zealand music school, which trained many award-winning kiwi artists, has been given a second life after being canned due to financial difficulties two years ago. Former staff from MAINZ… Read more Audio