Checkpoint

The face of Auckland is set to change, as new government legislation is introduced to increase housing supply.

Nick Truebridge spoke to Aucklanders on the street and the city's mayoral contenders for… Read more Audio

Shoring up the supply chain between New Zealand and Singapore has been on Jacinda Ardern's agenda on the final day of her trip there.

The PM and her Singaporean counterpart have pledged to protect… Read more Video, Audio

The father of the young man who died at Ports of Auckland yesterday was working there when the tragedy unfolded.

Tributes are pouring out for 26 year old Atiroa Tuaiti, who leaves behind his partner… Read more Audio

A crop-killing moth could cost New Zealand farmers tens of millions of dollars, if populations survive. 

Eggs were found in suburban Tauranga in surveillance traps last month - and larvae have now… Read more Audio

A quarter of Auckland's character homes are marked to lose their heritage status when higher density rules come into force later this year. 

Auckland Council has released draft maps of the areas… Read more Video, Audio

The countdown is once again on for many of New Zealand's top athletes.

Today marks 100 days until the 2022 Commonwealth Games get underway in the British city of Birmingham.

So, before the serious… Read more Video, Audio

A lifelong friend of a man shot and killed by police in Taranaki two years ago says he was shocked to hear of another fatal shooting.

22-year-old Kaoss Price was shot on Saturday night after he… Read more Audio

Russia has launched an all-out assault on Eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine says Russian troops have started their fight for the Donbas region trying to break into the frontlines of Luhansk, Donetsk and… Read more Audio

It's time to recloak the whenua in native trees or lose more of it to extreme weather events - that's the call from well-known east coaster Manu Caddie.

A series of storms in Tairāwhiti has left… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ deputy editor Craig McCulloch joins Lisa Owen with the latest news from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's trip overseas, first landing in Singapore.

[embed]… Read more Video, Audio

Australia Zoo has made a last-minute decision to pull the pin on plans to take Burma the elephant from Auckland Zoo.

The 38-year-old was due to live out her twilight years at the zoo across the ditch… Read more Video, Audio