Checkpoint

Eight out of ten for performance and deserving of bonuses - that's Southern Response's report card according to its board chair.

And that's despite the state quake insurer being tied up in ongoing… Read more Video, Audio

More than $126,000 of taxpayer's money has been spent on one person's motel stay while they waited for public housing to become available.

The stay covered more than 600 nights - despite the fact… Read more Video, Audio

Residents in the Christchurch suburb of Hornby are celebrating after the city council voted unanimously to go ahead with a planned multi-million dollar leisure centre.

The community has been without… Read more Audio

When is a house a vehicle? Tiny house owners are accusing the government of hypocrisy, amid fierce debate over the status of their homes.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment insists… Read more Audio

It's back to court for a Christchurch couple at the centre of a mammoth battle with Southern Response, even though the pair begged the quake insurer not to drag them through yet more legal action.

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The National Party says the police should be doing more to find out how many now prohibited firearms are in the country.

Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Clements gave a briefing on the gun buyback… Read more Audio

The Labour staffer at the centre of allegations of sexual assault has quit, saying he wanted to avoid any further stress or distraction.

The staffer made his first public statement this afternoon… Read more Audio

A Napier man's wedding ring has taken a miraculous 2000km return trip thanks to an eagle-eyed Dunedinite and a bit of plain old luck.

Don Alexander, 84, lost his ring while packing up crates of… Read more Audio

People using e-cigarettes are being urged to only buy the products from reputable shops they know and trust.

The advice comes amid rising concern about the potential for serious health harm from… Read more Audio

Tributes have been flowing from across the Pacific after Tonga's Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, who has died aged 78.

Before becoming Prime Minister in 2014, Mr Pohiva spent decades as the… Read more Audio

History was made at Parliament on Thursday when the Prime Minister announced that New Zealand history would be made a compulsory subject in all primary and secondary schools by 2022.

It left iwi… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio