Checkpoint

Lydia Ko continues to bounce back well after being forced off the fairways with Covid-19. 

After missing two recent tournaments when she was struck down by the virus - the New Zealand golfer is well… Read more Audio

Researchers are calling for better pandemic planning in hospitals to support bereaved people after a study released today revealed the extreme grief experienced by families separated during last… Read more Audio

Sir Michael Fay, a pioneering champion for New Zealand in the America's Cup, told Checkpoint he's incredibly sad at the behaviour of Grant Dalton with the announcement of the next regatta moving to… Read more Video, Audio

There are signs of a housing market slowdown, with data showing median house values have fallen in 150 suburbs out of 900 around the country in the last three months. 

The slowdown is brought on by… Read more Audio

The Transport Minister has hinted that the government could extend the three month discount on public transport tickets.

The half price fares on public transport last until the end of June. Today was… Read more Video, Audio

Cost of living pressures are pushing some long term Waiheke residents back to the mainland, while others desperate to leave are becoming trapped in paradise.

The island's food bank and welfare… Read more Video, Audio

Tributes are pouring in for the leading Māori legal scholar Moana Jackson, who has died after a lengthy illness.

He's being remembered as a tireless advocate for criminal justice reform and… Read more Audio

A top public watchdog has criticised the lack of clarity and transparency around a government tourism funding scheme that paid hundreds of millions of dollars to operators across New Zealand.

The… Read more Video, Audio

The All Whites are 90 minutes of football away from a fourth appearance at the World Cup.

This morning's 5-0 thumping of the Solomon Islands in the final of the Oceania qualifying tournament in Doha… Read more Video, Audio

The parents of a teenager who died suddenly from meningitis have delivered a petition to MPs, pleading for the government to fund vaccines against the disease.

Currently, just one vaccine is… Read more Audio