Checkpoint

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is in New York and has made a third appearance on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show.

The PM is in the US for a trade mission and charm offensive - convincing Americans New… Read more Video, Audio

The latest devastating school shooting in the US has led to renewed calls for gun control.

At least 19 children and two adults have been killed after a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary school in… Read more Audio

Another Kainga Ora development has locals up in arms - fearing it could change the character of their neighbourhood.

But, community representatives in Millwater - in north Auckland, say there's no… Read more Video, Audio

The cost of living is about to get a whole lot pricier if you've got a mortgage and there could be yet more pain coming down the pipe.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate half a… Read more Video, Audio

Seven drive-by shootings in one night have Auckland police scrambling to calm tensions and renegotiate a truce between rival gangs.

There have been 12 reported drive by shootings in Auckland since… Read more Video, Audio

"When in God's name are we going to stand up to the gun lobby?" The words of an exasperated and angry US President Joe Biden, after as many as 19 children aged between seven and 10 years old and two… Read more Video, Audio

A Chicken burger without the chook & mince minus the meat. That's just a couple of the plant-based meat alternatives the government's backing by loaning Kāpiti company Sustainable Foods more than $1.2… Read more Video, Audio

In Tauranga, bus drivers and patrons are being terrorised by passengers brandishing tasers and knives and hurling racial abuse.

And the shocking reality is that the perpetrators are young teens… Read more Audio

Auckland's being told to start a campaign to bring back workers, visitors and students back to the city.

A global expert in revitalising cities after the pandemic says Auckland needs to catch up.

… Read more Audio

A new weapon has been launched to fight the enemy of the sewer - the mighty fatberg. Wet wipes get stuck on the way down, catch fat and cooking oil and grow into monsterous globules that bog up the… Read more Video, Audio