Checkpoint

In a speech Simeon Brown laid out his top five priorities for health, including reducing emergency department wait times, clearing a back log of elective surgeries and stabilising the governance of… Read more Audio

All this week 1200 keen anglers have been battling the elements on Ninety Mile Beach, hoping to win a share of more than $200,000 in prizes. They're taking part in the Snapper Bonanza, said to be the… Read more Audio

A Bay of Plenty deputy principal says their school lunches are so hot when they arrive that staff have to wear rubber gardening gloves to handle them. Audio

The announcement by the Health Minister was part of a raft of changes for the public health system. Alongside reinstating the board, Minister Simeon Brown slammed Health NZ for poor leadership - and… Read more Audio

Super Rugby CEO Jack Mesley has been bailed up to address the concerns of the Fijian Drua team after travel and accommodation issues marred their recent away game against the Hurricanes. Jamie Wall… Read more Audio

A fund manager has been ordered to compensate a client after the man's investment tanked and he lost almost three thousand dollars in a week. But the client also acted against financial advice. Money… Read more Audio

Millions of residents across the east coast are anxiously waiting for the arrival of Cyclone Alfred. It will be the first cyclone to hit the region in more than 50 years. The storm is expected to make… Read more Audio

Auckland Council is looking at converting a big chunk of Takapuna Golf course into a wetland to soak up future floodwaters. Wairau Valley was one of the hardest-hit areas during the 2023 floods with… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how there's been an anxious wait for residents as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on the Queensland and New South Wales coastline and a… Read more Audio

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

After scoring a record total in Lahore the Black Caps are into the Champions Trophy final with a record amount of prize money on the line. New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs this morning to… Read more Audio

A Tongan family whose eldest son is seriously ill say they've been left broken as they fight an order for deportation. Tina and Tafuna Vea'ila were served a deportation order at the end of last month… Read more Audio