Checkpoint

Rock-bottom consumer confidence has economists talking about the R word - recession.

The Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index out today shows consumers have never been as hesitant -… Read more Audio

Fletcher Building is being asked not to enforce its GIB plasterboard trademarks for at least a year to help ease the supply crisis.

Fletcher controls about 95 percent of the plasterboard market and… Read more Video, Audio

East Auckland residents say they have been bounced between clinics and are waiting hours on end for urgent after-hours health care.

The population in the area is an estimated 140,000 people, but… Read more Video, Audio

As hospitals and GPs around the country say they are cracking under the pressure, the Health Minister denies the sector is at crisis point.

Primary carers and hospitals nationwide say chronic staff… Read more Audio

A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is be being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

Inglewood residents have campaigned for 20 years for the crossing on… Read more Audio

The last piece of the puzzle is in place as the tenth and final section of the Waikato Expressway has been completed.

The 22km Hamilton section completes the four-lane State Highway from Cambridge to… Read more Video, Audio

Figures from Mindful Money show $190 million of KiwiSaver funds are invested in companies involved in the manufacture of weapons like firearms, missiles and ammunition.

That's despite over 80 percent… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister is preparing for a another trip to drum up trade and tourism for New Zealand - this time to Europe. Jacinda Ardern leaves this weekend with a business delegation.

In the past few… Read more Audio

Calls tonight for Fletcher Building's board chair to resign over claims of culture issues and systemic failures within the company that could see a customer revolt.

The company's in the spotlight… Read more Video, Audio

It can be revealed hotels earned about $1.3 million a month from becoming MIQ facilities.

Data released to RNZ shows the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spent nearly $800 million in… Read more Audio