Checkpoint

Tauranga businesses and iwi are fighting back amidst calls for the city's commissioners to delay a 10-year-plan. A former mayor wants the commissioners to hold off on the Long Term Plan until it can… Read more Audio

Batter Henry Nicholls has been axed from the Black Caps Test squad as selectors make changes for the series against South Africa. Nicholls has been a part of the New Zealand red ball side since 2016… Read more Video, Audio

Next month, in many places around the motu, rubbish rules are changing in a bid to standardise what gets recycled.

It means a bunch of things that could previously be binned in recycle - are no… Read more Video, Audio

A person's died after leaping from a crane , more than 30 metres high into Wellington harbour. The steam powered crane is on the Hikitia, which is an old ship that is permanently docked on the… Read more Video, Audio

A year on from the Auckland Anniversary floods, some families are still living in soggy, mouldy state houses, with holes in the floor of bedrooms. In Mangere, the stream overflowed, swamped houses… Read more Video, Audio

The Israeli army has cut off southern Gaza's main hospitals and closed a significant escape route for hundreds of thousands of civilians who had been sheltering in Khan Younis according to Palestian… Read more Audio

The beach day is a Kiwi classic, but for people in wheelchairs, accessible beaches are hard to come by. In Auckland, Takapuna is the only beach with a mat and accessible bathroom for wheelchair users… Read more Audio

An Uber driver who's gone electric says he's happy to pay road user charges, but if the govenrment wants to keep driving people toward cleaner greener options, it's got to carve the costs up fairly… Read more Audio

A new report has found Oranga Tamariki doesn't know whether the children in care are receiving annual health and dental check ups. The report by the Independent Children's Monitor found some are being… Read more Audio

Health experts are outraged at a minister's proposal to bring in a three year freeze on tobacco excise tax. Associate health minister Casey Costello has sought advice on a three year freeze on the… Read more Audio

The Ministry For Primary Industries confirmed its investigating an alleged rat problem at a Dunedin south supermarket following complaints. Woolworth admits its Andersons Bay road store has "recently… Read more Audio