Checkpoint

Residents in Lower Hutt say they're shutting themselves indoors and turning off the air con to stop themselves becoming physically sick from yet another wave of putrid odours emanating from the… Read more Audio

RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the lowdown of a stoush last year on the rugby field between Rieko Ioane and Ireland's Johnny Sexton and how it's become a bit easier to attend… Read more Audio

A flutter of kiwi feathers will soon be winging its way back to Aotearoa. There's 65 of the birds living at 18 international zoos or aquariums and the feathers they naturally shed are collected for… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Hurricane Helene leaving a path of destruction across multiple states, the vice presidential candidates set to duke it out on the… Read more Audio

You may have spotted what's believed to be New Zealand's first TV ad generated entirely by Artificial Intelligence. It's for Bremworth wool carpets and features a woman with tumbling dark hair… Read more Audio

Europe correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about the United Kingdom's last coal fired plant shutting down and railway closures effecting people wanting to visit England over the Christmas… Read more Audio

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

No new oil and gas fields are likely to be discovered in the next ten years. That's according to the government's own advice on repealing the oil and gas exploraton ban. The latest modelling, urgently… Read more Audio

The Black Ferns have kicked off their WXV1 campaign against Ireland in Canada this afternoon.This was just the third time the two nations' women's rugby teams have met, sports reporter Felicity Reid… Read more Audio

Greenpeace is suing the diary giant for allegedly misleading customers by claiming its anchor butter is 100% New Zealand grassfed. The environmental group claims the reality is that 20% of a Fonterra… Read more Audio

35,000 people marched in Dunedin at the weekend, opposing the government's announcement that the redevelopment will need to be revised due to a budget blow out. Prior to being elected, National… Read more Audio

Fuelled by fitness and gym content online, some young men say they're turning to risky and illegal measures to change their appearance. Checkpoint spoke to men in their twenties, who say the pressure… Read more Audio