Checkpoint

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

Palliative and aged care doctors say the expanding sector is vastly underfunded and can no longer survive on "cakes and op-shops". Specialists say the government must totally re-think end of life and… Audio

A Lake Ōhau couple figured their beloved pets were dead after they had to leave them behind and flee the fire - so were shocked to find the animals alive after returning to the village. Video, Audio

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says all parties but his are using 'plants' on the campaign trail, to make sure they get an enthusiastic reception, and positive media coverage. Audio

Friends and whanau of a terminally ill woman who was bounced between nine different motels in the final months of her life believe her case shows how deadly the housing crisis. is. Lisa Diamond died… Video, Audio

A man who was phyiscally and sexually abused as a young boy in state care has described his childhood as a nightmare - and the battle to get compensation as a horror movie that will not end. Audio

Members of Extinction Rebellion have been arrested in a protest at a Canterbury coal mine - they were calling on the mine operator to decommission their operation, and for the government to support… Audio

Labour has taken a slight hit and would need help from the Greens to form a government according to the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.

Monday's poll puts Labour on 47 percent and National on 33… Video, Audio

The Wallabies time confined to their hotel rooms is nearly over - so long as they all test negative for Covid-19 today.

In New Zealand for two Bledisloe Cup matches next month - the Australian side… Audio

The actions of a German crew who have been detained after sailing across New Zealand's closed border are probably a sign if desperation, an ocean cruising club boss says, but he does not condone… Video, Audio

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

Auckland is now the most pessimistic region in the country about its economic future - overtaking Otago.

That's despite the latest data showing the extent of job losses during the city's recent… Audio

It's been a snowy start for the school holidays with flurries down to sea level in parts of the lower South Island. Flights were grounded for most of the day, leaving holiday-goers stranded as biting… Audio

National has unveiled its plan to help get those out of work back into jobs - as well as its mental health policy.

If elected, National says it would give tertiary training providers four thousand… Audio

Labour has pledged to keep the lights on at Tiwai Point, despite earlier indicating it's a sunset industry.

Leader Jacinda Ardern and energy spokesperson Megan Woods visited Invercargill to pitch… Audio

Covid-19 has cost Queensland up to $AU7 billion in lost tourism, and it needs New Zealand visitors now, according to Queensland's Tourism Industry Council.

Australian leaders are suggesting New South… Video, Audio

Christmas on Bondi Beach could be on the cards, as Australia considers allowing New Zealanders through the arrival gates.

Australian officials have intially suggested South Islanders could be allowed… Audio

Six and a half years ago, 'Thor' Pedersen set out on a mission to visit every nation in the world in a single journey, without taking a single flight. But he has been trapped in Hong Kong for the last… Audio

What happens when you spend three years working to create a virtual world for international audiences - only for a pandemic to disrupt it all?

A Miramar creative duo took their own personal and… Video, Audio

A man has given a harrowing account of the consequences to his life after going into state care in the 1970s.

Earl White, which is a pseudonym, has given evidence to the Abuse in Care Royal… Audio