Checkpoint

The cost of living crisis is forcing many to turn to foodbanks for help to get through.

The Auckland City Mission says before Covid-19, it was providing about 500 food parcels a week for families.

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An elephant of an appetite is forcing Auckland Zoo to ask Aucklanders for foliage food.

Burma the Asian elephant munches her way through kilos and kilos of plant treats every day. And to keep-up, the… Read more Video, Audio

National's ignoring the weight of evidence against enforced military-style camps for young offenders.

That's according to a lawyer representing survivors of some of the country's worst cases of abuse… Read more Audio

Political parties are busy sharing their opinions on the proposal to lower the voting age to 16, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.

While they're unlikely to get the vote for general… Read more Audio

Rock band The Killers rolled the dice at their Auckland concert last night when they invited an apparently random drummer on stage to give it a bash, and it turns out Taylor Johnston killed it.

The… Read more Video, Audio

Football's world governing body, FIFA, has threatened to sanction any captain who wears the OneLove armband during the World Cup.

The multi-coloured armband supports diversity and inclusion -… Read more Video, Audio

The campaign to lower the voting age for general elections is dead in the water, but 16-year-olds might get a vote at the local body level.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the voting age of 18 was… Read more Audio

Renters United spokesperson Geordie Rogers says there are very weak regulations to hold property managers to account, and a code of conduct is required.

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Private landlords have been given an early Christmas present - an extra year to bring their rentals up to healthy homes standards.

The government has extended the deadline, saying supply chain… Read more Audio

The disability support sector says it's facing a critical staffing crisis for support workers, with higher paying hospital roles making it impossible to retain staff.

And young people living with a… Read more Video, Audio

The government says all MPs will get to vote on whether to lower the voting age to 16 for general elections, following today's Supreme Court decision that the current law is discriminatory.

The Prime… Read more Video, Audio