Checkpoint

The wait to find out when the trans-Tasman bubble will open continues - with the government set to announce a date on April 6.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says while she knows what opening… Audio

The trial of two men charged over the Red Fox Tavern shooting and robbery more than 30 years ago is drawing to a close.

The Crown says a web of circumstantial evidence points to them being… Audio

Corrections has admitted it could be in for a hefty compensation bill, over the treatment of women in its custody.

Minister Kelvin Davis has ordered an urgent overhaul and review of women's prisons… Audio

TVNZ is being told it should scrap the reality show 'Police Ten 7' because it is guilty of racist stereotyping.

The Race Relation's Commissioner Meng Foon says the show is "biased" and "racist" -… Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal is being told the government needs to apologise for failing to ensure Māori have adequate housing.

The hearing into how the Crown has perpetuated Māori homelessness is underway… Audio

The brakes might be on the long-awaited walking and cycling path across the Auckland Harbour Bridge because of fundamental technical issues.

It has caught the ire of Bike Auckland who says it doubts… Video, Audio

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Auckland's mayor has delivered a damning letter demanding answers from Ports of Auckland bosses, amid revelations there have been four stop-work injuries over the six months.

The port company has… Video, Audio

Lynette Cave is Corrections' Northern Regional Commissioner. She tells Checkpoint she does not think there is a culture problem among officers in prisons, despite numerous officers involved in the… Video, Audio

It will be another two weeks until the public will know when a trans-Tasman bubble will be put in place.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are a series of boxes to be ticked before an… Video, Audio

As New Zealand prepares to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, Checkpoint asked epidemic disease expert Dr Adam Levine, an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown University, to explain… Video, Audio

Queenstown businesses say the Tourism Minister's new vision is a promising game plan, but now they want to see action. 

Stuart Nash outlined his vision for the future of the industry at a tourism… Audio

Six60 hopes Eden Park neighbours will come to their show next month, after a long battle to allow big concerts there.

The local band has been given permission to perform to a crowd of 50,000 next… Video, Audio

One Whangārei family is preparing to harvest the country's first ever commercial pineapple crop.

They're not the only ones turning their hand to tropical fruit growing, with bananas, papayas and even… Video, Audio

The mother of a seven year old boy diagnosed with untreatable epilepsy, wants to see more money put in to using the keto diet to treat the condition. Jake Parker was one of the first to be put on the… Audio

The Anglican Bishop of Christchurch isn't ruling out that at least 80 former students of Christ's College were victimised or abused while in its care.

Yesterday, Bishop Peter Carrell told the Abuse… Audio

Fixing Napier's brown water problem could take two decades and almost $300 million, a new report has revealed.

Since chlorine was added to the water four years ago, residents have complained of… Audio

It was sold as a blue sky opportunity, but businesses at Auckland's Commercial Bay say they're floundering.

The $1 billion development with more than 120 shops opened just as Covid-19 restrictions… Video, Audio

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The taste of champagne and sea salt has barely worn off and already new rules have been released for the next America's Cup, wherever it may be held.

With the Royal Yacht Squadron in the UK confirmed… Video, Audio