Checkpoint

Air NZ is refreshing its onboard menu for short hops, right through to long haul international.

Brace for the chips vs cookie debate and everything in between.

Air New Zealand's Leanne Geraghty… Read more Video, Audio

The All Blacks have locked in two players until the next World Cup in 20-27 but could face losing others to lucrative overseas offers.

Blues back and 59-Test All Black Reiko Ioane and Chiefs hooker… Read more Audio

An epidemiologist says it's time to 'de-prioritise' the response to Covid 19 - a disease he says will now be no worse than the flu for the majority of the population.

There has been a surge in cases… Read more Audio

Police have this afternoon issued a plea for motorists to take better care on the roads, following the death of seven people in the space of 12 hours.

Superintendent Steve Greally says he feels for… Read more Audio

The government has unveiled plans to reduce primary school class sizes by just a single student. One teacher to 29 children is the current ratio for years 4 to 8.

The government plans to drop it to… Read more Video, Audio

After 116 years, the "dominion" masthead is disappearing from newstands in the capital.

The capital's last surviving daily paper The Dominion Post - started 21 years ago as a merger of The Dominion… Read more Audio

The government's forked out an extra $10 million for the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild just months after making controversial cuts and has ruled out any further large redesigns.

Just before Christmas… Read more Audio

There's nothing quite like a flat white. The New Zealand coffee industry prides itself on its unique varieties and neighbourhood cafe vibe.

But the country's just been snubbed - failing to make a top… Read more Video, Audio

Going bush might cost you a little more in the coming months. Thanks to inflation, foul weather and the long tail of Covid, DOC says its had to review the price if its huts, lodges and campsites.

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It's just 24 hours old, and already there's a legal challenge to the government's replacement for the Three Waters proposal.

The government has ditched the four mega-entities that would have… Read more Audio

Residents in some of the most remote areas of north west Australia, are hunkering down, as a category two cyclone batters their region.

Described as the most severe cyclone to hit the region in 14… Read more Video, Audio