Checkpoint

Football's world governing body, FIFA, has threatened to sanction any captain who wears the OneLove armband during the World Cup.

The multi-coloured armband supports diversity and inclusion -… Read more Video, Audio

The campaign to lower the voting age for general elections is dead in the water, but 16-year-olds might get a vote at the local body level.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled the voting age of 18 was… Read more Audio

Renters United spokesperson Geordie Rogers says there are very weak regulations to hold property managers to account, and a code of conduct is required.

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Private landlords have been given an early Christmas present - an extra year to bring their rentals up to healthy homes standards.

The government has extended the deadline, saying supply chain… Read more Audio

The disability support sector says it's facing a critical staffing crisis for support workers, with higher paying hospital roles making it impossible to retain staff.

And young people living with a… Read more Video, Audio

The government says all MPs will get to vote on whether to lower the voting age to 16 for general elections, following today's Supreme Court decision that the current law is discriminatory.

The Prime… Read more Video, Audio

An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite.

Fireballs Aotearoa says its likely to have landed in Northland, and could be just the 10th meteorite… Read more Video, Audio

The world champion Black Ferns will keep the celebations going for a few weeks yet.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern annouced this afternoon the government will be backing an event next month that will… Read more Audio

Armed police remain at the scene of an incident on Monday afternoon that evacuated dozens of residents in Auckland's North Shore.

RNZ reporter Rayssa Almeida is at the scene on Lancaster Road in the… Read more Video, Audio

Lydia Ko has claimed the largest first place prize in the history of the women's sport.

The 25-year-old won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship event in Naples Florida by two shots which also… Read more Audio

At Parliament all MPs will get to vote on whether 16-year-olds can got to the ballot box in the general election.

In the past hour the Prime Minister's anounced the government will draft a new law… Read more Video, Audio