Checkpoint

The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has urged the government to do everything it can to ensure the safety of Gloriavale members and their children. The inquiry found Gloriavale's Overseeing… Read more Audio

For many New Zealand athletes the nerves have now kicked in, with the first couple of Olympic sports starting tomorrow morning, ahead of the official opening this weekend. Football and Rugby Sevens… Read more Audio

Africa correspondent Elna Shulz speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about rainy season in Ethiopia causing some devastating landslides, protests to similar to recent marches in Kenya occuring in Uganda and… Read more Audio

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

The Canadian Olympic team has apologised to New Zealand after a drone was caught flying over a Football Ferns training session in Saint Etienne, ahead of their Olympic opener. The drone from the… Read more Audio

A damning review of Hawke's Bay Regional Council has laid bare the failures it made before and during Cyclone Gabrielle with flooding protections. Eight people died in Hawke's Bay and the flooding… Read more Audio

After nearly six years, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry's final report has been made public and outlined in harrowing detail how children, young people and vulnerable adults were… Read more Audio

Political parties across the house have expressed horror and sorrow at the extent of abuse in state and faith-based care. After nearly six years, the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry's final… Read more Audio

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, released its findings today calling the abuse and neglect of at least 200,000 children and young people "a national disgrace." The 3000 page report… Read more Audio

Chanel Harris Tevita will look to put his horror night with the boot behind him this weekend whe the Warriors meet the Tigers in Auckland this Friday. The five eighth has become the scapegoat for the… Read more Audio

Asia Correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a powerful typhoon making its way to Taiwan, Beijing wanting to be a peacemaker and the US elections and particularly Donald Trump's… Read more Audio

Erica Stanford is the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response. She spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about whether the government is going to follow through on Judge Shaw's call to hold… Read more Audio