Checkpoint

Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle and flood victims are still waiting to hear more details of the government recovery plan.

Major state highways are out for the foreseeable for Wairoa, Hawke's… Read more Video, Audio

Officials are waiting to find out how contaminated an industrial area in Napier has become after floodwaters swept through three weeks ago.

The area in Awatoto is home to about 20 businesses… Read more Audio

The Public Service Commissioner is writing to all Crown entity board chairs to remind them of their obligation to read the code of conduct and be politically impartial.

Pharmac chair Steve Maharey's… Read more Audio

New Zealand Cricket are 'pitching in' to help communities devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle by putting some Black Caps memorabilia up for auction.

Money raised from the auction will go to the New… Read more Video, Audio

Labour stands alone as the only party in Parliament blocking an MP-led inquiry into sky-high bank profits.

Every other party is on board - but the government says it makes more sense for the Commerce… Read more Audio

Emergency doctors are worried the country's hospitals wont cope in the face of winter illnesses with patients already turned away from Auckland Hospital, because its ED was too full.

But the Health… Read more Video, Audio

SH25 at Opoutere is going to reopen tonight to light vehicles, after a washout grew yesterday to take out a lane of the key road to the Coromandel Peninsula.

The bus to Whangamatā Area School has not… Read more Video, Audio

After the country's devasting floods, sponge cities are being floated as a solution to future downpours.

The term 'sponge city' is all about uncovering natural streams and using native plants to… Read more Video, Audio

Smee is back in the sea - a green turtle that spent almost a year in rehab after being accidently hooked on a fishing line has been returned to the wild.

The turtle - named after Captain Hook's best… Read more Video, Audio

The mayor of Gisborne has welcomed the government decision to focus its transport priorities to repair roads in cyclone-hit areas.

In its three-year plan, the government had wanted to reallocate some… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking for farmers who need to get stock off their land of ahead winter, but cannot because cyclone damage has them penned in.

Some small rural communities are still completely cut off… Read more Video, Audio