Checkpoint

Customers are returning to Dunedin South's Countdown store for the first time in more than two weeks after a rodent issue forced its closure. There have been 24 rats captured since the10th of… Read more Audio

Bosses at Three news told their PR company in January they were planning to make hundreds of news staff redundant but those staff were blind sided with the proposal at meeting called hurriedly this… Read more Audio

Forget putting your initials or a paw print into the concrete of a new build. How about high viz or used clothing worn by the workers involved in the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital actually being used in… Read more Audio

Australian Correspondent Peter Ryan reports. Read more Audio

The dismantling of the Maori Health Authority is under way, as the Government pushes ahead with its legislation to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora. Parliament has gone into urgency to pass the bill through all… Read more Audio

One of the workhorses of New Zealand cricket will bow out of the international game this week. Bowler Neil Wagner has pulled up stumps on a career that began with a move from South Africa and will end… Read more Audio

A leading Auckland property developer's offering cash back sweetners of up to $20,000 in a bid to move unsold apartments in a multi-million dollar development. There's about 40 unsold apartments in… Read more Audio

The sentencing judge held back tears, as Whakaari victims gave their impact statements in court today. Five companies and GNS Science are being sentenced for health and safety failings in the lead up… Read more Audio

Immigration New Zealand could have done more to minimise abuse of the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. That admission from the country's top public servant in the wake of a critical independent… Read more Audio

Immigration New Zealand has been criticised for ignoring concerns that its work visa scheme was allowing migrants to buy jobs and be exploited. The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme was brought in… Read more Audio

Palmerston North Hospital is coming under scrutiny over the death of a patient, believed to be by suicide. It's the latest in a string of deaths in either patients of the hospital's mental health… Read more Audio