Checkpoint

The challenges facing women's football around the world continue to be exposed in the lead-up to next month's world cup in New Zealand and Australia. Canada's women are involved in industrial action… Read more Video, Audio

A scathing report has flagged concerns about prisoners' rights in jails around the country. Almost a third of inmates have been separated from others for extended periods of time, with some spending… Read more Audio

Eight Bay of Plenty schools were closed today due to fears of gang violence breaking out after the killing of a prominent Mongrel Mob Barbarians member over the weekend. Steven Taiatini died after an… Read more Video, Audio

At least 10 people have died and 25 injured after a bus overturned in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales last night. The bus was carrying passengers travelling from a wedding to their accommodation… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister will lead a major trade delegation to China at the end of this month. It will be the first Prime Ministerial visit to New Zealand's biggest trading partner since before the Covid-19… Read more Audio

RNZ continues to audit hundreds of online articles after a staffer altered wire copy to include pro-Russian views and incorrect details about the war in Ukraine. 300 articles have been audited since… Read more Audio

RNZ's board chair Jim Mather says its currency is trust and his primary concern is that it's being eroded. The broadcaster is dealing with the fallout from a web journalist inserting pro russian… Read more Video, Audio

Cabinet has late this afternoon agreed to support separate private bidders running Mt Ruapehu's ski fields after the previous operater fell into volunteer administration.

Regional Econonomic… Read more Video, Audio

Two boys are fighting for their lives in hospital after what's being described as a "freak accident" on Aotea-Great Barrier island.

The boys, who are not brothers, were trapped under a collapsed sand… Read more Audio

It's one of the jewels in Auckland's crown, but for the past four months only locals have been able to visit the black sand surf Mecca of Muriwai. From Friday, that's finally going to change. Auckland… Read more Video, Audio

National wants to kick back the date by which farmers have to start paying for agricultural emissions by another five years, to come into effect from 2030. Under Labour's plan, the pricing scheme is… Read more Audio