Checkpoint

An Australian egg producer whose chickens were infected with a highly virulent strain of avian flu said it has taken six months to get birds back on the farm and laying. An Otago farm that's managed… Read more Audio

A recent study revealed a stark 10 to 1 male to female ratio for kakaruai in Silver Stream northwest of Dunedin. Researchers said it's a rare, real time look at the extinction process of a taonga… Read more Audio

Auckland Transport has been stripped of its responsibilities, with Auckland Council to gain new powers over the region's transport infrastructure and policy. The overhaul will see the council assume… Read more Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries will start culling the 80,000 hens infected with bird flu tomorrow in a process which is expected to take up to three days. The jump in infected chickens comes… Read more Audio

All Blacks star Sevu Reece has been revealed as the sports star guilty of wilful damage, after his name suppression order lapsed in Christchurch today. Sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

Someone has raided a south Taranaki garden that supplies the town food bank with fresh vegetables. This week's harvest has gone missing from the Eltham E-Kai garden, with thieves helping themselves… Read more Audio

United Sates correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Joe Biden copping criticism from both sides of the political aisle after issuing an official pardon for his son Hunter and close Trump… Read more Audio

The cull of 80,000 chickens on an Otago egg farm starts tomorrow after bird flu has been found in a second shed on the property MPI said it will take two to three days to euthanise the chickens using… Read more Audio

The wife of a man who died after taking part in a charity boxing match said she thinks the practise is abhorrent, and wants to see it stopped. In November 2018 Kain Parsons, who was 37, took part in a… Read more Audio

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

The three-match series now heads to Wellington and the Black Caps will be working on their fielding after several dropped catches cost them dearly. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

The world's first dissection of a rare spade-toothed whale is underway in Dunedin after the adult male washed up south of the city in July. It's only the seventh time a spade-toothed whale has been… Read more Audio