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Bumpy forestry road a 'gorgeous' alternative to SH1
RNZ reporter Nita Blake-Persen joins Checkpoint live from Northland, where she joined a north-bound convoy on a forest road, one of the alternative routes to head north after a 20m chunk of SH1 was… Read more Audio
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Fortnightly rubbish collection divides Auckland
27 Mar 2018Aucklanders are divided on a proposal to change rubbish collection in the city from weekly to fortnightly pick-ups, with public consultation ending tomorrow. Audio
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Russia expert on intelligence officers in embassies
27 Mar 2018Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief and foreign correspondent Jill Dougherty talks to John Campbell about how countries are jointly expelling Russian diplomats, and how it is playing out in Russia. Audio
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NZ First MP Jenny Macroft silent over bullying accusation
27 Mar 2018National's Mark Mitchell says Jenny Marcroft told him - on behalf of a minister - to stop supporting a project in his electorate if he wanted it to get public funding. But New Zealand First says… Read more Audio
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No undeclared Russian spies in NZ - PM
27 Mar 2018New Zealand is the only member of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance to have not taken retaliatory action against Russia over the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter. Audio
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America's Cup to cost taxpayers at least $114 million
27 Mar 2018The marine industry says economic benefits already being felt in the wake of America's Cup base plan being locked in Audio
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Peter FitzSimons calls on rugby players to donate their brains
Peter FitzSimons, who played as a lock for the Wallabies, was one of six former sports stars to pledge their brains to help scientists study concussions at Sydney University today. Read more Video, Audio
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200-plus protestors fail to halt NZ's biggest petroleum conference
27 Mar 2018More than 200 protesters spent much of the day attempting, but ultimately failing, to shut down the country's biggest petroleum conference. Video, Audio
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Glass half full for cut off Far North residents
Far North communities hope a massive hole in State Highway One north of Kaitaia will be fixed by Easter, but many locals are finding silver linings in their new-found isolation. Video, Audio
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Farmer fears years-long wait for Mycoplasma bovis compensation
27 Mar 2018Kerry Dwyer, who ran a calf rearing business near Oamaru, sent all 400 of his calves to slaughter in September last year - but says he can't start rebuilding until MPI pays him for his loss. Audio
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Checkpoint weather: 27 March 2018
27 Mar 2018The latest weather forecast with MetService meteorologist John Law. Video, Audio
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Evening business for 27 March 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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