Checkpoint

"We love you, even if you're ugly". That's the message from the Endangered Species Foundation as it tries to encourage New Zealanders to sponsors some of Aoetearoa's rare but less cute creatures.

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Wellington commuters are in for more disruption with news that about 40 trains won't run until the end of January.

It says the increase in unplanned cancellations is because of staff shortages. Other… Read more Video, Audio

Coromandel scallops are off the menu this xmas and for the entire summer infact after the government rushed in an emergency ban.

A section of the fishery was closed earlier this year - now camera… Read more Video, Audio

Chalk this one up in the "not a good look" file. A match-fixing scandal has broken out in the seemingly prim and polished world of snooker - with six top Chinese players now suspended pending an… Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister's been caught calling ACT leader David Seymour an "arrogant prick" in the House this afternoon. Jacinda Ardern quickly apologised - and David Seymour accepted, wishing her a merry… Read more Audio

Two Australian police officers and an innocent bystander have been shot dead in an ambush at a Queensland property, in what's been described as an execution-style killing.

Rachel McCrow and Matthew… Read more Video, Audio

People are being encouraged to apply for compensation if their vehicles are damaged as a result of a shody chipseal job that broke-up and stuck to cars travelling along State Highway 1 north of… Read more Audio

New tools are being used in the battle to protect thousands of precious kauri trees in Auckland's Waitākere Ranges.

Parts of the Waitākere Ranges were closed to the public five years ago, with an… Read more Video, Audio

The RNZ-TVNZ merger looks to be on thin ice as the Prime Minister tells her colleagues to find some fat to trim over the summer holidays.

Jacinda Ardern says the government's focus will be on getting… Read more Audio