Checkpoint

Two term Auckland mayor Phil Goff is hanging up the chains this election. The former Labour leader and cabinet minister has spent more than 40 years in local and central politics.

Goff led the city… Read more Video, Audio

It is too early to start thinking about Christmas, right? Wrong, if you are in New Plymouth.

There is a converted milking shed on the outskirts of New Plymouth where it is Christmas everyday.

Our… Read more Video, Audio

It's the school holidays and families appear to be making the most of it by getting out and about.

It's been nearly three months since the border re-opened and some of the tourist towns that… Read more Audio

There's a hole lot of trouble brewing in Tauranga - over allegedly vicious pot holes plaguing motorists and pedestrians alike; twisting ankles and knackering tyres.

And some are taking to a bit of… Read more Video, Audio

The plastic phase-out has begun, with polystyrene food and drink containers and PVC food trays now banned. If businesses are found to be deliberately flouting the new rules, they could be fined up to… Read more Video, Audio

Across the ditch there will be no official winners or losers in junior rugby league in fact no score kept at all in a significant shake up of the sport in New South Wales.

In a plan reportedly signed… Read more Video, Audio