Checkpoint

Crowds gathered at Auckland International Airport today to welcome home the first lot of New Zealand athletes after a record breaking Commonwealth Games.

The athletes are bringing back the most… Read more Video, Audio

A petition has been delivered to Parliament, calling for the Russian ambassador to be expelled, and for New Zealand to sever diplomatic relations.

New Zealand's Ukrainian community, along with… Read more Audio

Up to 40 former Air New Zealand workers made redundant during Covid are yet to be hired back despite the airline cutting its flight schedule due to staffing issues.

The national carrier's had its… Read more Video, Audio

The debilitating effects of identity fraud committed by a drug-using former Waka Kotahi contract worker have robbed a man of his corporate career and left his credit rating in ruins.

David Kerr's… Read more Audio

Te Tai Tokerau children finishing primary school have the worst tooth decay in the country.

But the Far North mayor says the new compulsory fluoridation order is mystifying him, and happening too… Read more Audio

Middlemore Hospital is apologising to patients who were seen by a man pretending to be a doctor there for six months.

A criminal investigation has been launched after the man was able to work there… Read more Video, Audio

Career firefighters at one of the country's busiest stations say they're clocking hundreds of hours in emergency overtime while struggling with faulty equipment, long hours, and a lack of trauma… Read more Audio

Strawberries atop a pavlova has usually been a sign of summer and Christmas in Aotearoa, but not anymore.

A New Zealand strawberry company has the fruit on the shelves already, and it is only August.

National MP Sam Uffindell denies he terrified a flatmate by beating on her bedroom door and screaming obscenities until she fled through a window, but he has admitted beating a younger student when he… Read more Audio