Checkpoint

The High Court has been granted temporary guardianship of a sick baby at the centre of a dispute over donor blood meaning his surgery can go ahead.

The baby's parents had wanted only blood from… Read more Video, Audio

Z Energy boss MIke Bennetts says they have a shipment of aviation fuel coming to NZ and arriving 12 December at the latest. 

Aviation fuel is being rationed after a bad batch of fuel couldn't be… Read more Video, Audio

A group of volunteers on Auckland's Hibiscus Coast are banding together to protect endangered birds on their beach.

Dotterels are under constant threat from dogs, hedgehogs, and the elements, but… Read more Video, Audio

If only they could they talk. Two valuable Lindauer paintings stolen in a violent heist five years ago have been returned out of the blue, by a mystery go-between.

The works were painted in 1884 by… Read more Video, Audio

Far right activists were met by anti facist protesters when they appeared in court in Christchurch today.

Counterspin Media founders Kelvyn Alp and Hannah Spierer are charged with sharing the full… Read more Video, Audio

The National Party is demanding Nanaia Mahuta be sacked as a Minister over her role in the Three Waters entrenchment saga.

Labour performed an almighty backdown yesterday, voting out the… Read more Audio

The government has come to the rescue for Ruapheu Alpine Lifts, giving it another $6 million to make sure the chair lift can fire up next winter.

The company appointed voluntary administrators… Read more Video, Audio

A win for the entire Arab world - and a demoted superstar - the latest headlines out of the World Cup as the last two quarterfinalists were found in Qatar this morning.

Morocco have produced a… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand's firefighters' union looks set to vote in favour of a settlement that would see their pay increase by up to $20 thousand.

But firefighters say ratification of this agreement will just be… Read more Audio

Brent Thomas is the chief executive of House of Travel. He talks to Lisa Owen about possible disruptions for flights over the holiday period, as a bad batch of aviation fuel is forcing rationing.

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The travel plans for thousands of holiday-makers could be up in the air due to a bad batch of imported jet fuel.

Airlines have been told they will receive 75 percent of what they'd planned to use out… Read more Audio