Checkpoint

National leader Christopher Luxon says he feels for the victim of Sam Uffindell's attack while at Kings College in the past. 

He told Checkpoint he believes Uffindell is genuinely contrite, but said… Read more Video, Audio

An SOS for local democracy. That's what Local Government New Zealand is calling its final plea for council candidates.

With three days left - dozens of seats have no candidates or only one. Tessa… Read more Video, Audio

While the shock revelations of Sam Uffindell's high school bullying have prompted calls for his resignation from some, his constituents in Tauranga appear to be - for the most part - ready to forgive… Read more Video, Audio

National's newest MP has admitted he physically and mentally hurt other students while he was at school.

Sam Uffindell was kicked out of King's College 22 years ago after beating a 13-year-old in a… Read more Audio

National and ACT can form a government on their own according to the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll.

However both National and Labour have dropped slightly in their popularity.

RNZ political editor… Read more Video, Audio

National's newest MP Sam Uffindell has acknowledged he was asked to leave Auckland's Kings College 23 years ago for his part in a vicious assault against a younger student, after the story was… Read more Video, Audio

Police are employing more staff to process firearms licence applications following a long backlog of frustrated people not being allowed to buy or use a gun.

The delay is attributed to more thorough… Read more Audio

A landslide is blocking parts of a Wellington CBD road.. and eight homes have been evacuated.

Our reporter Kirsty Frame is there and joins Lisa Owen with the latest.

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Another mass protest, another afternoon of streets clogged with demonstrators, causing disruption in Auckland.

The self-styled Bishop Brian Tamaki cuts an unapologetic figure, the ringleader of the… Read more Video, Audio

Do precious medals - the type the NZ team has scooped up at the Commonwealth Games - actually convert into money in the back pocket of athletes?

Cyclist Aaron Gate has bagged a wheel-spinning four… Read more Video, Audio