Checkpoint

The Government says new grocery rules will stop the abuse of power by the country's supermarket duopoly. Foodstuffs and Woolworths will no longer be able to decide when to pay suppliers, reject fresh… Read more Video, Audio

The Warriors play their final match of the regular season tomorrow night before their first finals campaign in five years. It will be a new look side taking the field in Brisbane as the some of the… Read more Video, Audio

More than a year after the devastating Nelson floods, the government has announced $12 million recovery package that will include buyouts for the worst affected homes. Similar to the deal for Cyclone… Read more Audio

Police documents obtained by Checkpoint have revealed why they didn't charge a key figure at the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital. Dr Selwyn Leeks was the lead psychiatrist at the child and adolescent… Read more Video, Audio

Claims billionaire property buyers are already window shopping for the best in New Zealand real estate in response to National's plan to let more foreign buyers back into the market. If it's in… Read more Video, Audio

General practices are ailing, if not terminally ill in some cases. Nearly 90 percent of family doctors are under major financial pressure, with a third actually losing money in the last year. That's… Read more Audio

The skies above New Zealand will be lit up by a very rare blue moon tonight, the likes of which you won't see again for a long time. While blue moons are actually fairly common, for one to coincide… Read more Video, Audio

Parliament has signed off for the term with the traditional adjournment debate. A testy week full of cuts, censures, and claims of fiscal holes has finally come to a close, with MPs now let off into… Read more Audio

Stilt houses could be the answer to avoiding rising tides and flood waters, according to a report for NIWA. The research by cost construction experts WT partnership found for some homes, lifting them… Read more Video, Audio