Checkpoint

The outgoing Labour team has been dutifully carrying out their role as caretaker government until National was ready to take over, but that changed yesterday. Labour leader Chris Hipkins has broken… Read more Audio

A fire in Christchurch's Port Hills on a dry breezy day had residents hoping they weren't in for a repeat of the disasterous 2017 blazes. And it raises questions about whether we need to be on… Read more Video, Audio

Welcome to another episode in the coalition of contradictions. Christopher Luxon says a "significant milestone" has been reached in the ongoing talks to form a new government. The National Party… Read more Video, Audio

Day 14 of coalition negotiations today with talks expected to run into the weekend.. National's negotiating team met with NZ First but there was no meeting with the ACT party. RNZ understands that's… Read more Video, Audio

An East Coast baker famous for paua pies has created a new delicacy, and it's brought her business back from the edge. Rachael Thomas, who owns Te Puia Springs Store an hour and a half north of… Read more Audio

Staying with retail now, Black Friday is almost upon us when the silly season sales begins. The day itself isn't until this time next week, but stores are already starting to advertise their Black… Read more Audio

Some shopping arcades in Auckland are looking like deserted waste lands with vacant shop after vacant shop. CBD business association Heart of the City says the numbers are improving but there are only… Read more Audio

A ground breaking mulch to prevent ground baking this El Nino Summer. Previously unusable fibrous green waste is being minced into an environomentally friendly ground cover...with Auckland council… Read more Audio

Have Victoria University students effectively been given a hall pass that gets them out of face to face lectures? After Covid restrictions were dropped the University anounced some students and… Read more Video, Audio

The New Zealand women's domestic cricket season starts tomorrow but not everyone is convinced that it's preparing the White Ferns for international cricket. And the Black Caps have been criticised for… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking on an Invercargill institution, that is the H&J Smith Department store. After 123 years in business it will close its doors for the final time at three tomorrow, a victim of… Read more Video, Audio