Checkpoint

The seven day rolling average of Covid cases has risen more than 60 percent since September, while hospitalisation and death rates are increasing with a third wave underway.

Experts are warning many… Audio

A Whangārei Girls High School student is asking Parliament to help feed about 300 peers she says are turning up without any food, each day.

Ocean Bishop-Karanga believes the equity criteria used to… Audio

Auckland Council has indentifed a monster money pit in the shape of a $270 million budget shortfall for next year, leading to speculation a 12 percent rates bump could be on the horizon.

It blames… Video, Audio

Frustrated travellers have had flights delayed or cancelled at Auckland Airport, with some missing out completely on getting where they want to be.

Our reporter Jonty Dine headed to the airport to… Audio

Air New Zealand has released ambitious plans for emissions free flying on all their smallest regional flights by 2030.

The project will cost hundreds of millions of dollars with aims for the first… Video, Audio

Kāpiti Coast District Council is trying to get the community involved in a battle to get motorbikes off its dunes.

The council has launched a new signage campaign to educate people about people about… Video, Audio

Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are worried about when they're going to get reconnected by road, if at all.

Some roads got knocked out in the severe weather in August and locals have taken their… Audio

Theives have stolen vet drugs that could potentially kill a person just by getting it on their skin.

Pentobarbitone is used to euthanise animals and police fear the people who've pinched it from a… Video, Audio

An Auckland mum fighting what she believes is a "sexist" school uniform policy around earings is frustrated by the slow pace of change.

That's despite guidelines from the Human Rights Commission… Video, Audio

World Rugby are hoping for a rush of last-minute ticket sales and a big walk-up crowd at tomorrow's World Cup semifinals double-header at Eden Park.

Despite the Black Ferns making the final four -… Video, Audio

Tourism operators in Rotorua are firmly against the idea of some motels remaining as emergency housing accommodation for another five years.

Resource consent is being sought for that and if granted… Video, Audio

The government is rushing through changes to firearms laws that will stop gun owners potentially being criminalised while they wait months in the queue for licence renewals.

The changes will mean as… Video, Audio

A crackdown on buy now pay later services does not go far enough according some budgeters.

Under changes proposed by the government, the services will have to credict check all consumer and if the… Video, Audio

Buy now pay later services will have to check if consumers can afford the debt they're taking on as the government cracks down on the industry.

Services including After Pay, Laybuy and ZipPay allow… Video, Audio

The unemployment rate has remained unchanged at a record low of 3.3 percent.

While many may see low unemployment rates as a positive, a lack of potential employees is spelling disaster for some… Video, Audio

People who own homes in flood zones might see their property values sink, according to the Reserve Bank.

It has suggested banks could tighten their lending criteria in flood prone areas - finding in… Video, Audio