Checkpoint

Auckland Transport is asking commuters to be patient and flexible with their working hours as the start to the university year puts an added strain on the transport network.

It comes as some roads… Read more Video, Audio

An accomodation service rehoming displaced flood victims estimate right now up to 2500 whānau need help finding a new roof over their heads.

But that number could rise. The government's Temporary… Read more Video, Audio

Hawke's Bay hospitality businesses are pinning their hopes on the reopening of State Highway 5 to return trade to some semblance of normality after Cyclone Gabrielle.

About 80 percent of tourism… Read more Audio

New Zealand have scratched and clawed their way back into the contest against England at the Basin Reserve.

Led by a century to former captain Kane Williamson, the Black Caps have carved out a lead… Read more Video, Audio

A Muriwai homeowner is in insurance limbo after cliffs crashed down either side of her house during the cyclone - leaving her property red stickered.

Even though the house itself is untouched, it's… Read more Video, Audio

The government is crowdsourcing the cyclone recovery bill. It has launched an international fundraising effort, modelled on the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal - which raised almost $100 million.

A… Read more Audio

Some civil defence centres in Auckland are closing their doors, despite hundreds of people still without housing.

So far, MBIE has housed around 500 households, and another 500 are on its temporary… Read more Video, Audio

In Hawke's Bay orchardists working to clear silt from their properties have gone from fighting the dust to fighting the mud, with rain now hampering clean-up efforts.

For many the work is urgent… Read more Audio

Gerard Bellam from the MetService explains what is happening with the thunderstorms over Auckland. Read more Video, Audio

Let's move north now where a slow thunderstorm has brought torrential rain over Mangawhai, Wellsford and Te Arai north of Auckland.

Mike Howard is a councillor for Kaiwaka-Mangawhai. He's been doing… Read more Video, Audio

A new emergency alert has been sent to people's phones in the north and west of Auckland, warning of landslides and flash flooding brought on by "high intensity localised downpours".

It also warns… Read more Video, Audio