Checkpoint

Hawke's Bay growers say the government support announced for their cyclone-wrecked sector today will be too little, too late for some. In March they asked for $750 million to help them recover. But… Read more Video, Audio

50 ago a crew of 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Mururoa Atoll, in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and later the frigate Canterbury, were sent there to protest French nuclear… Read more Video, Audio

Japan is being criticised by Pacific leaders for dumping nuclear waste in the Pacific Ocean. An international lawyer says Australia and New Zealand need to do more to stand up to Japan. Japan is… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister has been forced to answer questions about the conduct of a senior minister, while he's in China on a diplomatic and trade mission. A Department of Conservation boss flagged concerns… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland is a waterlogged city, with a slip blocking state highway one north for the second day in a row, and a house in Swanson on the brink of collapse. The red stickered home on Scenic Drive was… Read more Audio

Once upon a time, there was an enterprising West Australian boy who decided to write a book to plus-size his pocket money. Bodie Howland tells us about his debut book The Love Hearts Explore Exmouth.

Some Muriwai locals are still living in the local campground four and a half months after Cyclone Gabrielle tore through their homes. The popular west Auckland surf beach reopened to the public 12… Read more Video, Audio

The red carpet has been rolled out for the Prime Minister in China, who met with President Xi Jinping overnight. Jinping has labelled New Zealand a friend and partner. In response, Chris Hipkins… Read more Audio

To flood damaged Tairawahiti now. Families in a small rural community inland from Tolaga Bay remain completely cut off from the outside world after the recent storm completely annihilated the local… Read more Video, Audio

Retailers in the capital want a stop to plans to make Wellington's golden mile pedestrian only. The council will vote tomorrow on whether to move all vehicles except buses off the road between… Read more Audio

Another major scandal has hit New Zealand Athletics as coach Jeremy McColl has been stood down following a formal police complaint. Jeremy McColl is coach of star pole vaulters Eliza McCartney and… Read more Video, Audio