Checkpoint

National is promising to impose tougher sanctions on beneficiaries who repeatedly fail to turn up to job interviews. Punishments could include mandatory community work or having their welfare support… Read more Audio

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki will continue her tennis comeback at the ASB Classic in January. It will be the eighth time the Danish star has played in the Auckland tournament. The last… Read more Video, Audio

Two return convoys have managed to get through Haast Pass today as Waka Kotahi opened a single lane on the vital storm damaged route along state highway six. Muddy Creek Bridge north of Makarora was… Read more Video, Audio

There are now two investigations into how a fishing boat carrying thousands of litres of diesel ran aground near a Banks Peninsula marine reserve. Conservationists are worried endangered wildlife… Read more Audio

Cruel, dehumanising and out of touch. That's one description of National's policy to get more beneficiaries into work. But party leader Christopher Luxon's reckons it's a policy driven by love. If in… Read more Video, Audio

Queenstown is fighting fires on a couple of fronts - as it cleans up from a state of emergency, and deals with a cryptosporidium outbreak. As well as that, the resort town is still dealing with a… Read more Video, Audio

Our political editor Jane Patterson speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6337779266112 Read more Video, Audio

Pacific candidates from Labour, National, ACT and the Greens have locked horns over immigration, education and crime today. Spokespeople from the four parties have debated the issues at the RNZ… Read more Audio

Queenstown hospitality venues are finding ways to deal with the boil water notice, as tourists stream in for the school holidays. There have now been 31 confirmed cases of the cryptosporidium gastro… Read more Audio

"Hello is that you Winston? Christopher Luxon calling." That's exactly the scenario painted by the National leader, who sent a smoke signal to voters via social media this morning. "It's crunch time"… Read more Video, Audio