Checkpoint

Just over a month since the government scrapped low-use power plans, charities say they're being inundated with people struggling to power their electricity bills.

The change means 60 percent of… Read more Audio

Parliament's Speaker has performed a major about-turn, dropping the trespass orders he'd slapped on Winston Peters and four other former MPs.

The former Deputy Prime Minister yesterday revealed he'd… Read more Audio

The government's introducing a 'high-powered task force' to tackle the issue of ballooning waitlists for hospital operations and appointments.

There are 27,000 people who've been waiting four months… Read more Video, Audio

Southland man Blair Vining was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer in 2018 and given just weeks to live.

He sought treatment privately after being told there would be an eight to ten week wait… Read more Video, Audio

The government's introducing a 'high powered task force' to tackle the issue of ballooning waitlists for hospital operations and appointments.

There are 27,000 people who've been waiting four months… Read more Audio

Volcanologists say they have seen a steam plume from Mt Ruapehu, visible for 45 minutes.

Mt Ruapehu is putting out the strongest tremor - or vibrations - in two decades and the crater lake… Read more Audio

Police concede the pandemic and MIQ duties mean resources have been diverted away from Youth Aid and they are playing catch up.

An 11-year-old ram raid driver and a seven-year-old burglar in recent… Read more Video, Audio

Labour has dived in the latest Newshub/Reid Research poll. The party now sits at 38.2 percent, a drop of 6.1 percent.

National has taken advantage, jumping 9.2 percent to 40.5 percent.

Jacinda… Read more Audio

A proposal to pump up crowd capacity at a popular New Plymouth concert venue is hitting a sour note with some.

The Bowl of Brooklands currently has a capacity of 15,000, but the council has floated… Read more Video, Audio

The man who stabbed four people during a frenzied knife attack in a Dunedin supermarket has been jailed for 13 years.

Luke James Lambert was this afternoon jailed on each of four counts of attempted… Read more Video, Audio

There are concerns top Queenstown hotels may have to lower their gold star standards because there aren't enough cleaners to go around.

The boss of the Hilton says as tourist numbers bounce back… Read more Video, Audio

As the Budget creeps closer, Grant Robertson has unveiled a new set of rules governing how he and future Finance Ministers can divvy out funds.

A new debt cap, a new way of measuring debt, and a… Read more Audio