Alex Perrottet

The lawyer for Donald Neely, who was tied to a rope and led by police on horseback through a Texas town, says his family want the officers fired. Melissa Morris spoke to Checkpoint host Alex… Video, Audio

Pharmac has struck a deal with pharmaceutical company Roche and now proposes to fund two cancer drugs and a multiple sclerosis drug from December this year. Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition chair… Video, Audio

Pharmac has late this afternoon announced a proposal to fund drugs for breast cancer, lung cancer and multiple sclerosis from December 1. The announcement comes as campaigners fronted politicians… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Evidence of what's called a "truly gigantic parrot" has been found by scientists from Australia and New Zealand among 19-million-year-old fossils. The world's largest parrot - dubbed Squawkzilla -… Video, Audio

Pillars President Liz Gordon says she pleaded with Lorraine Smith to change her guilty plea to manslaughter, but she wanted to honour the granddaughter she killed by pleading guilty to murder. Video, Audio

Whanganui woman Lorraine Smith, who strangled her 13-year-old granddaughter with a necktie, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail and will be eligible for parole after six years. Video, Audio

A man is dead after being hit by a stolen vehicle in central New Brighton, Christchurch, this afternoon. Two people have been arrested but the driver is still on the run. Logan Church is at the scene… Video, Audio

The Reserve Bank has cut the Official Cash Rate to a new record low of 1 percent - the biggest single move by the central bank in eight years. Video, Audio

The Labour Party is staying tight-lipped about an investigation into allegations of bullying and sexual assault by a Labour staffer. The investigation is being reviewed, following complaints it was… Audio

Hundreds gathered around New Zealand today as part of national day of action for Ihumātao. It comes after a tense stand-off between police and protesters at the contested site last night, with protest… Video, Audio

Sir Anand Satyanand has resigned from his role as chair of the Royal Commission inquiry into historical abuse in state care because the workload has increased markedly. He sat down with reporter Katie… Video, Audio

Dunedin surveyor Toby Stoff thinks the city's Baldwin Street was robbed of the world's steepest title - and now he plans to travel halfway across the world in an attempt to claim it back. Audio

New Zealand protesters opposed to Hong Kong's contentious extradition bill say they have received death threats for speaking out - but it won't stop them having their say. Audio

A Christchurch man says he desperately wants to get hold of his records from CYFS and Oranga Tamariki so he can find long-lost relatives and piece together his history. But Doug Joyce says despite… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

The unemployment rate has unexpectedly fallen below 4 percent for the first time in 11 years. The jobless rate had been expected to rise and the government is hailing it as a tick of approval for its… Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government remains fully committed to the Royal Commission into Abuse in State Care, despite the shock resignation of its chair Sir Anand Satyanand. Audio

New Zealand First has thrown a wrench in the works of the abortion debate, suggesting its MPs' support for reform may depend on a binding referendum. Audio