Checkpoint

Been nicking from Netflix? The free ride is coming to an end as the streaming service signals a crackdown on password sharing in New Zealand.

It estimates up to 100 million subscribers have people… Read more Audio

"The struggle is real out here." That from an Aucklander who works as a cleaner, earning the minimum wage.

She is welcoming the $1.50 an hour bump for Aotearoa's lowest earners. The government… Read more Audio

Brendon McCullum admits it's a bit weird to be wearing England colours on New Zealand soil for the first time.

The English test side is here for the first time since the former Black Caps captain… Read more Audio

A giant hole in a key state highway to the Coromandel Peninsula has left businesses there increasingly worried about their livelihoods.

With state highway 25A out of action indefinitely holidaymakers… Read more Video, Audio

As if the rental market wasn't already tight enough - there are now hundreds of renters left in flood damaged homes, desperately searching for a new rental.

So far 277 homes have been red stickered… Read more Audio

Aucklanders be prepared to get by on your own for three days - that's the advice from Emergency Management.

Cyclone Gabrielle is off the coast of Australia and could be heading towards New Zealand… Read more Audio

The clock is ticking for rescuers in Turkey and Syria after this week's two massive earthquakes. Close to 8000 people have been killed and tens of thousands more have been injured. Millions are now… Read more Audio

The social insurance scheme would have paid people up to 80 percent of their salary for seven months after losing their jobs. It was going to be funded by an employee and business levies. But the… Read more Audio

In a sweeping policy reset, the government has axed the RNZ/TVNZ merger and pushed back work on hate speech and its social insurance scheme. The shake-up comes after the new Prime Minister Chris… Read more Audio

Diplomatic efforts are underway to try to secure the release of a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by Papuan rebels. Captain Philip Mehrtens was flying for Indonesia's Susi Air when he was captured by… Read more Audio

A family whose home was flooded has now been hit again - this time by burglars. They're one of at least nine places in Epsom that have been broken into. Now they face having to deal with police, while… Read more Audio