Checkpoint

Taupō International Motorsport Park hosted racing this year after New Zealand dropped off the schedule for a season. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.  Audio

Corrections is slashing the amount of time prisoners can spend on jail phones talking to their whanau, and said some inmates have been abusing the system, resorting to violence and stand over tactics… Read more Audio

An New Zealand Airforce plane carrying search and rescue equipment and disaster relief supplies has arrived in Vanuatu following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake earlier this week. MFAT consular staff and… Read more Audio

An inmate's wife said severely cutting the amount of time time prisoners can spend on the phone to family could lead to more tension and violence in jail and will harm rehabilitation efforts. At the… Read more Audio

The former Minister of Defence said delays to critical humanitarian flights to Vanuatu are embarassing for New Zealand. It comes after a New Zealand Defence Force Hercules plane carrying rescue staff… Read more Audio

Barring a blip at the height of the pandemic and lockdowns, the latest quarterly results are the worst New Zealand's seen in more than 30 years. Political reporter Russell Palmer has more. Audio

All Black Ardie Savea has been one of the big movers during the Super Rugby off-season after joining his brother at Moana Pasifika. The rugby pre-season is coming up to the Christmas break and Savea… Read more Audio

An airforce hercules carrying emergency supplies has arrived in quake struck Vanuatu and will help with the evacuation of New Zealanders stuck there. At the moment there are no commerical flights to… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Zach Montellaro spoke to Lisa Owen about the clock ticking for the US Government to keep its lights on amid a fight over funding in Washington and Donald Trump's repeated… Read more Audio

In the Far North, the district council is having to bring in tighter controls across its 11 cemetries to prevent so-called "plot hoarding." It means reserving a plot, but not using it for many years… Read more Audio

Africa correspondent Elna Schutz spoke to Lisa Owen about a devastating cyclone impacting some African nations, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo peace talks interrupted and the descendants… Read more Audio

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