Checkpoint

The Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals kickoff tonight and history is on the New Zealand teams' side. Three of the four knockout games will be played in Aotearoa - a place where visiting teams have… Read more Video, Audio

After losing their homes, some people displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle are now living apart from their pets. No-pet clauses are common in rental agreements, meaning some are finding it hard to get a… Read more Audio

Auckland councillors have voted through a budget that will see it sell seven percent of its stake in Auckland Airport in a deal that's pleased pretty much none of them. After two days of often heated… Read more Audio

It's more missed classes on the timetable for secondary students, as teachers walk off the job again after overwhelmingly rejecting their latest pay offer. Members of the Post Primary Teachers… Read more Video, Audio

Penguin Random House New Zealand is on the hunt for real-life lookalikes for the canine chums in Lynley Dodd's iconic Hairy Maclary series to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first book.  Read more Video, Audio

The Christchurch City Mission is opening the South Island's first supermarket style self-serve foodbank.

It's part of an $11 million redevelopment.

The revamp comes as we head into the coldest… Read more Audio

In less than a month, Kiwis will have an easier time becoming citizens across the ditch.

From July, those who have been living there for more than four years can apply for citizenship.

Tom Taylor… Read more Audio

More than 30 cabins owned the Queenstown council are sitting empty despite the region facing a rental housing crisis.

The revelation has angered local housing advocates who say people are living in… Read more Video, Audio

A proposed jump in Airport fees could make flying unaffordable for a significant number travellers according to Air NZ boss, Greg Foran.

Auckland Airport will start rolling out the graduated… Read more Audio

For the first time every player at the Women's Football World Cup will be paid directly by the sport's governing body FIFA.

Players will leave the month-long tournament, which kicks off in Auckland… Read more Audio

Today further allegations against Michael Wood over comments he made to a journalist about his Auckland Airport shares.

It's also emerged his shareholding was raised three times with Jacinda Ardern's… Read more Video, Audio