Checkpoint

The Prime Minister has delivered her fourth speech from the mahau at Waitangi today, acknowledging the government's challenges of the past year but also using the forum to announce a new public… Video, Audio

Another person linked to the Pullman Hotel outbreak has tested positive for Covid-19. The new case is the mother of the child who tested positive with the South African strain of the virus last week.

The man accused of running onto Trentham raceway during a Wellington Cup event on Saturday has appeared in court.

24-year-old Justin Bergman appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this morning.

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Residents in the two east Otago towns affected by the water issue will be offered blood tests from next week.

Authorities are still trying to pin down the source of the elevated lead levels in the… Video, Audio

Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.

The Hawke's Bay earthquake struck the cities of Napier and Hastings, killing 256 people.

The quake's anniversary was marked with… Video, Audio

Kiwi cricket fans will focus their attention on India over the next five weeks as they wait to find out who the Black Caps will play in the World Test Championship final.

New Zealand have secured… Audio

175 years on from the battle of Ruapekapeka, hapū in the Far North have acknowledged the British men killed in the conflict, despite suffering losses of their own.

A memorial honouring 12 soldiers… Video, Audio

A woman has been sentenced to 100 hours community work and a year's supervision after she got busted at Auckland International Airport in 2019 trying to sneak in hundreds of cacti and succulents that… Video, Audio

The CCTV systems in more than half our managed isolation and Quarantine Hotels are still not up to scratch despite the government ordering upgrades.

An investigation is underway into how Covid-19… Video, Audio

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

With international travel off the cards, boat sellers say they are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing demand. And space to keep vessels is now becoming scarce. Louise Ternouth reports. Video, Audio

A sinkhole has opened up in central Wellington on Wednesday afternoon. Crews are at the site on Jervois Quay near the waterfront.

RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook is there. Video, Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard Māori women have been marginalised for too long and colonisation denied them rights over their bodies, minds and beliefs.

The first stages of the Mana Wāhine Inquiry… Audio

Medsafe has given provisional approval for the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. The first New Zealanders to get the jab will be MIQ workers and their families.

The Prime Minister says the vaccine will be… Video, Audio

Residents in two East Otago towns are frustrated they do not know when they can drink water out of their taps and not a tanker.

Yesterday people in Waikouaiti and Karitane were told to stop drinking… Video, Audio

A Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in New Zealand, but it's still unclear when it will get here.

Medsafe has deemed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine safe for use, giving it provisional approval… Audio

Labour MPs were welcomed on to Te Tii Marae for the first time in four years today, to fulfil the wish of the late and staunch Labour supporter, Rudy Taylor.

It was the first time since 2017 Labour… Audio

A retirement village provider is sure residents know their rights and terms of their contract when they arrive.

A Consumer NZ review into contracts between both partners found they unfairly favour… Audio

Dunedin bar owners and the police are banding together to tackle bad behaviour and increased gang activity in the central city.

The Octagon Alcohol Group formed late last year in a bid to make the… Audio

Residents in two coastal towns near Dunedin are being warned not to drink their tap water due to lead contamination.

The water in Waikouaiti and Karitane is not fit to drink, cook or prepare food… Video, Audio