Checkpoint

On the east coast in northern Hawke's Bay, Wairoa has been drenched, and the rain is still falling.

The rain set in as the day dragged on - with locals still recovering from the storm just three… Read more Video, Audio

If your growing grocery bill induces indigestion, figures out today confirm the biggest jump in food prices in more than a decade.

Proof, the government says, that supermarket super profits need to… Read more Video, Audio

The arrival gates have been flung open to welcome Australians, who've been able to travel freely to New Zealand for the first time in more than two years.

For some, it was a long awaited family… Read more Video, Audio

Red Covid restrictions, which meant people had to be seated and separated at a bar or restaurant, are being eased as NZ moves to orange level restrictions.

The whole of New Zealand will move to… Read more Audio

Is the cost of food giving you a bellyache? Figures released today show prices are up 7.6 percent on the same time last year.

It's the biggest jump in more than a decade. Mortgages will be costing… Read more Video, Audio

The Warriors are defending their response to a homophobic slur made by outside back Marcelo Montoya last Friday's rugby league match in Queensland.

Montoya will front the NRL judiciary tonight… Read more Audio

MetService has issued a Red Warning for Tairāwhiti and Wairoa.

That means residents are being told to act now - to protect themselves, their properties and their animals.

It's just three weeks after… Read more Video, Audio

Covid-19 may have ground the country to a halt in 2020 - but new figures show total emissions dropped only three percent compared to the year before.

It is the only year in two decades where New… Read more Audio

The ongoing battle against Covid means ANZAC Day commemorations will be a little different again this year.

The dawn service at Auckland War Memorial Museum - which is usually one of the biggest - is… Read more Video, Audio

Culinary crime or coup? Millions of hot cross buns are sold in the countdown to Easter and while the classic bun is still the outright winner there are some new kids on the block.

Brace for it - one… Read more Video, Audio

Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says the death of a teenager after having the Covid vaccine is "very sad" and "quite sudden".

He says the Covid Independent Safety Monitoring Board… Read more Audio