Checkpoint

A new retailer in Glen Innes says he no longer feels safe mere months after opening a business in the Auckland suburb.

It follows several smash and grabs and ram raids in the area, with some worried… Read more Video, Audio

Te Pāti Māori wont stand a candidate in the upcoming Tauranga by-election due to safety concerns.

The party says a string of racist incidents in the city, including a white supremacist leaflet drop… Read more Video, Audio

Australians will be casting their votes in just over a week, and if the opinion polls are to be believed, the Morrison government could be headed for a loss.

There are many independent candidates… Read more Video, Audio

Youth-driven ram raids might seem rampant right now, but child welfare experts say locking up offending kids won't help. In the latest smash and grab, a dairy in Onehunga was hit by a stolen vehicle… Read more Audio

The Education Minister says it's time to rebuild the devastated foreign student industry, but it needs to diversify, too.

Chris Hipkins told an international education conference he wants to see… Read more Audio

Queenstown locals are putting up their hands - and picking up dish cloths - to help worker-starved businesses brace for a busy winter.

Over the Easter and Anzac long weekends, many Queenstown hotels… Read more Audio

A group of Wellington City Councillors have failed in their bid for the council to oppose expansion plans for the capital's airport.

Some councillors say building a larger airport is not appropriate… Read more Video, Audio

Both of New Zealand's major political parties have committed to the country's first three emissions budgets.

A special Parliamentary debate on the budgets - which cap New Zealand's greenhouse gas… Read more Audio

A well-known Hamilton theatre is staging one of its most dramatic shows yet - a fight for survival that has drawn in millionaires, divided the community and has local councillors at each other's… Read more Video, Audio

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Former Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum is set to take on the head coaching role of the England's men's test side.

The 40-year-old has agreed to take up the job, subject to a contract being… Read more Video, Audio

The Education Minister is being called out for allegedly inferring international students dishonestly exploited a back door to residency under study to work rights.

In a press release about the… Read more Video, Audio