Checkpoint

Tom Walsh was brought to tears after being announced as one of the New Zealand flagbearers for tomorrow morning's opening ceremony at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Defending shot put champion… Read more Audio

About 41,000 people will be bedding down tonight without adequate access to housing - basically the population of Gisborne. And more than a quarter of people are struggling to make ends meet at the… Read more Video, Audio

Bus services in Auckland are being cancelled at an average rate of almost 1500 a day.

Auckland Transport figures show in July there were some days with almost 2000 cancellations. AT announced today… Read more Video, Audio

At least a dozen schools across the country have been forced into lockdown or evacuated, after being threatened by phone. Police are investigating after schools in Masterton, Kaikoura, Greymouth… Read more Video, Audio

Banks Avenue Primary students in Christchurch have had to put up with a broken school.

Broken paths, faulty windows, cold classrooms and scruffy carpet - after 10 years of making it work, today… Read more Video, Audio

A tiny bit of tech has delivered a big result for a Palmerston North family - reuniting twins three and a half years after one of them went missing.

Moss the moggie was adopted with his brother, Roy… Read more Video, Audio

There's pressure on our hospitals and there's no easy fix to appease everyone.

Dunedin Hospital used 21 student nurses to fill 27 hospital aide shifts over the weekend. The move's been strongly… Read more Audio

The Director-General of Health has used his final media conference to announce he's directed fourteen councils to fluoridate their water.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says he is a long-time supporter of… Read more Audio

How long do you spend splashing about in the shower? The average is eight long minutes.

Just think of all that precious water gurgling down the drain pipe. Tauranga City Council is.

It's offering… Read more Video, Audio

TVNZ has released its long-awaited report into the hiring of Breakfast presenter Kamahl Santamaria, and its head of news and current affairs Paul Yurisich has resigned.

The former Al Jazeera… Read more Video, Audio

Dunedin is still littered with road closures, surface flooding, slips and a big clean job.

The southern city's had a major dousing - some student flats were evacuated overnight but tenants have been… Read more Video, Audio