Checkpoint

The leader of the Gloriavale Christian Community has been charged with sexual offending against girls over a period of more than 20 years. Overseeing Shepherd Howard Temple appeared at the Greymouth… Read more Video, Audio

Hell on earth and a place of depravity, and sexual, physical and spiritual violence. That's the damning description of life at Marylands School and a related community centre in Christchurch between… Read more Audio

High school teachers will get a pay bump of around 14.5 percent, after the government agreed to an arbitration panel's recommendation. The decision ends months of pay disputes between the government… Read more Video, Audio

Picture this, a modified 1978 landcruiser, driven by divers, almost 8km along the ocean floor in Darwin Harbour in a record breaking undersea adventure. Dubbed the mud crab, it took the cruiser 12… Read more Video, Audio

Political appetite for major transport projects in Auckland and Wellington has waned as pre-election jostling ramps up. National says it will bin plans for Light Rail in Auckland and the Let's Get… Read more Audio

A fleet of 17, bright blue electric buses have hit the road in Nelson and Tasman today, the launch of a new service designed to improve residents access to public transport. It's a major overhaul that… Read more Audio

The owner of a new vape store just metres from a west Auckland school says after meeting with the principal he's agreed to change the name of the shop and has put film over the windows so kids cant… Read more Video, Audio

The clouds of confusion over the government's plans for big transport projects in two of New Zealand's major cities lifted slightly at Parliament today. Labour and National are under pressure to… Read more Audio

New Zealand are out of the FIFA Women's World Cup but there is still plenty of football to be played both here and in Australia. The group games are wrapping up over the next couple of days with the… Read more Video, Audio

An Auckland renter is calling for more accountability for property managers after discovering her flat failed the government's Healthy Homes Standards. When Sarah Yates moved into the Mt Eden flat… Read more Audio