Checkpoint

An unwelcome Wallaby has hopped into fresh territory on this side of the ditch, prompting a full scale investigating including DNA testing and sniffer dogs.

The female that was found in the small… Read more Video, Audio

Online messaging app SnapChat's launched a new tool that allows parents to snoop on their kids - checking who their online mates are and who they're messaging.

But it stops short of revealing the… Read more Video, Audio

There's been some not so lovely news for Black Caps fans today.

New Zealand Cricket have announced they've agreed to release one of the team's best players - Trent Boult - from his national contract.

Another massive chunk of land has fallen away in a hilly Wellington suburb, after days of heavy rain. 

The city's had its wettest July on record and a number of banks have given way in the last week… Read more Video, Audio

Some Aucklanders are drowning in their latest water bills.

Water charges went up seven percent on July 1. But some customers whose bills have jumped hundreds of dollars are also questioning whether… Read more Audio

A staff member in Christopher Luxon's office was told about Sam Uffindell's antics as a school bully during the Tauranga by-election campaign, but failed to flag it with the leader. 

Tauranga MP Sam… Read more Audio

'We will see you down the road and we will all be together again'. The words of John Travolta as he paid tribute to his Grease co-star Olivia Newton John, who's died at the age of 73 after a battle… Read more Video, Audio

Rain and thunder rocked Auckland overnight, flooding a small town up north. Puhoi felt the force of the heavy rain bringing down some trees and leaving a clean up job today.

Our reporter Finn… Read more Video, Audio

All but two households have been able to return to their homes in Central Wellington after a large slip yesterday swept away a bank.

More than 25 people in 8 homes were evacuated last night as the… Read more Video, Audio

The Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark remains concerned that buy now pay later schemes have the potential to cause financial hardship and he's awaiting Ministry advice before deciding if further… Read more Video, Audio

The Auckland Home Show does not have a roof over its own head right now. The event with more than 400 exhibitors usually happens at the Auckland Showgrounds but an ongoing legal wrangle over the… Read more Video, Audio