Checkpoint

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With the country gripped by a fuel price frenzy, many New Zealanders may be looking for other ways to get around.

So tonight we're looking at e-bikes, the pros, the cons, and whether two wheels… Read more Audio

Russia has reportedly turned to China for military help and economic relief - as sanctions bear down and its invasion of Ukraine continues.

Meanwhile a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military… Read more Audio

The government has announced it is slashing fuel taxes and public transport fares will halve for three months, as the cost of petrol continues to soar.

The fuel excise is currently about 70 cents per… Read more Video, Audio

Brace yourselves for a 'wicked perfect storm' says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine creates a global energy crisis.

In the last hour, the government has announced it's… Read more Audio

Fuel company Waitomo has warned customers its petrol prices are about to go up from the end of the week.

Waitomo Group Managing Director Jimmy Ormsby talks to Lisa Owen.

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While Omicron cases soar in the North Island, health services across Te Wai Poumanu are still waiting for the worst to hit.

Community healthcare will bear the brunt of caring for Covid-patients and… Read more Audio

Russia has launched a fresh assault on the besieged city of Mariupol less than a day after the brutal bombing of a maternity hospital.

It comes after Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers failed to… Read more Video, Audio

From bake sales and uniform-free school days, NFT auctions bringing in millions of dollars in crypto - our increasingly digital and social world is opening up new ways of getting much-needed funds to… Read more Audio

A NZ BBQ champ is expecting some sizzling competition when he goes up against some of the world's top grillers this weekend.

Cantabrian Dean Davis is one of two New Zealanders who qualified for the… Read more Video, Audio

Tauranga isn't ready to get its council back, with the minister leaving commissioners in place for at least another two years.

The dysfunctional council was sacked in December 2020, and commissioners… Read more Audio

Covid's created a rubbish situation in Christchurch, like an actual rubbish situation.

Residents are being asked not to put their bins out unless they're full up, because a bunch of truck drivers are… Read more Video, Audio