Checkpoint

Swarming dirt bike riders causing havoc on Auckland roads will be a target of police this long weekend.

A special squad will be using the Eagle helicopter as well as traffic and surveillance cameras… Read more Video, Audio

An elderly woman on a dialysis machine has been killed in a home invasion in Kaikohe overnight.

Residents of the small Northland town of Kaikohe today woke to news the woman, who was well known in… Read more Audio

Public transport advocates are accusing Auckland Transport of neglecting Huapai and Kumeū residents despite years of calls for a railway line to the city's northwestern fringes.

At least 1200 homes… Read more Audio

Thieves are targetting Auckland's Tsunami sirens, despite they fact they apparently cannot be modified to play music.

But it is leaving some areas without an early warning system, if disaster is… Read more Video, Audio

Known for its outlet stores and speciality shops, the lower North Island town of Ōtaki was also famous as a traffic bottleneck.

That was until the opening of a new expressway bypassing the town over… Read more Video, Audio

A sigh of relief at the eleventh hour for Auckland homeowners with flood and cyclone-damaged properties.

The council's told some residents that they won't need to pay rates for their uninhabitable… Read more Audio

The Department of Internal Affairs says our media regulations are out of date, riddled with holes and don't properly cover online platforms.

It today released a draft plan to make traditional and… Read more Audio

The Whitelock family have had a big impact on Canterbury rugby now two brothers will link up again in the South of France.

Veteran Crusader and All Black Sam Whitelock has signed a two-year deal with… Read more Video, Audio

Thousands of homeowners have been told they're unable to be rebuild on their properties post-cyclone Gabrielle.

The government says initial indications show this will be the case for about 700… Read more Audio

Councillor Mike Lee was one of a multitude of people called out by Mayor Wayne Brown in his combative budget speech.

He is one of a number of councillors who promised not to raise rates higher than… Read more Video, Audio

Carrot and stick of shame was the theme of Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's revised budget reveal.

He's offering to reverse planned cuts to the arts, social services and community boards but only if the… Read more Video, Audio