Checkpoint

A bolstered blue highway is offering a freight lifeline for two cyclone-hit regions with severely damaged roads.

The government's announced a $3 million subsidy for the freight ship Rangitata to run… Read more Video, Audio

Angry, forgotten, under-appreciated. And out in their thousands today, teachers up and down the country stepping out of the classroom to say enough is enough.

Marching and chanting in rallies today… Read more Video, Audio

Government minister Stuart Nash is in more hot water tonight over revelations the Solicitor General considered prosecuting him for contempt.

Our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is with us… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland's Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel has reached its deepest point, with the tunnel boring machine which started in Māngere now 115 metres below Hillsborough.

Despite Covid and the impact… Read more Video, Audio

The cost of public transport in Auckland's about to go up despite service quality going down.

Bus ferry and trains rides will cost 6.5 percent more from April. Auckland Transport says that works out… Read more Video, Audio

A lack of anaesthetic technicians in Canterbury is being put down to a toxic work environment, shortage of trained staff and overwhelming workloads.

Only 73 percent of planned surgeries are currently… Read more Audio

The average price of eggs has increased more than 80 percent since Checkpoint last did a supermarket shop.

And a quick scope of some stores put the price of eggs at 80 cents to $1.05 each, and some… Read more Video, Audio

If you are finding it harder to balance your budget, it will be no surprise to learn that last month food prices had their biggest jump in 30 years, according to Stats NZ. Read more Video, Audio

The Muriwai community has become divided, with one third of previously red-stickered homes, now deemed safe to live in.

173 properties in the West Auckland beach settlment were red-stickered after… Read more Audio