Checkpoint

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has unveiled a number of surprises as she named her team for the Commonwealth Games.

The Silver Ferns will be determined to be competitive in Birmingham after… Read more Audio

Auckland councillor Chris Darby has hit out at a decision by Fullers to increase fare prices.

The price of Waiheke, Rangitoto and Coromandel trips is going up 8.4 percent, with the ferry operator… Read more Video, Audio

The defence has come out swinging in the New Zealand First Foundation trial today - saying only Winston Peters can prove the Crown's case.

Its closing arguments brought the judge-alone trial in the… Read more Audio

Banks are filling their pockets with the increase in interest rates and the time taken to pay off a mortgage is blowing out.

A KiwiSaver fund manager says banks are doubling their margins on floating… Read more Video, Audio

GP clinics opened their doors for free visits over the weekend, funded by the DHBs in Auckland and Wellington.

While it's taking some of the strain from overloaded emergency departments, it means GPs… Read more Video, Audio

GPs and pharmacists administering vaccines are expecting a surge in bookings for children to get the free flu vaccine and say it will put pressure on their struggling workforce.

From Friday, children… Read more Audio

A Covid outbreak has sought to sabotage the All Blacks build up to their first of the year against Ireland in Auckland on Saturday night.

Coach Ian Foster and two of his assistants John Plumtree and… Read more Video, Audio

National's leader Christopher Luxon insists all his MPs are on the same page when it comes to abortion law reform, promising a future government led by him won't make any changes.

But one of his most… Read more Audio

Drug Detection Agency chief operating officer Glenn Dobson talks to Nick Truebridge about the prevalence and dangers of fentanyl in New Zealand.

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The drug behind the deaths of more than 100,000 people in the US last year is now thought to be behind 12 overdoses in Wairarapa at the weekend.

The United Nations has described Fentanyl as one of… Read more Audio

Our cameraman Nick Monro caught some orca cruising in the waters off Big Manly Beach in Whangaparaoa this morning.

Two of them appear to have feasted on a stingray for breakfast - and others were… Read more Video, Audio