Checkpoint

The Labour Party is headlining its election season education policy with a promise to close the pay gap for early childhood teachers.

It has also reannounced its pledge to extend its free lunch… Audio

Health authorities are waiting on test results from those who were at the same Les Mills classes as a health worker, who had the virus.

The Ministry of Health has found up to 94 possible close… Audio

A South Island tourism operator says the way more than $40 million in tourism grants has been dished out is unfair, and his is among a group of business owners considering legal action. 

Fiordland… Video, Audio

The government has announced hundreds of new carparks it hopes will solve the ongoing issues at Christchurch Hospital.

Parking was significantly reduced after the earthquakes - forcing patients… Video, Audio

The family of a New Zealander who was onboard the cattle ship that sank in the East China Sea say they've received information that survivors may still be found.

Lochie Bellerby is a herd manager on… Video, Audio

Rivals on the track, but mates off it. Two of New Zealand's best sprinters are working together to try to qualify for next year's Tokyo Olympics.

National 200-metre record holder Joseph Millar has… Video, Audio

A Hamilton woman who is turning her redundancy into a budding dessert business is encouraging other people to look beyond job ads for their next chapter.

Donna Williams is among the thousands of Air… Video, Audio

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

The Ministry for Primary Industries has launched an independent review into livestock exports by ship.

The move was sparked by the capsize and sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 in the East China Sea… Audio

Political leaders have lined up to tell New Zealand business how their party intends to steward this country through the economic crisis, including a plan from Labour to loosen some restrictions at… Video, Audio

A New Zealand entrepreneur is naming and shaming businesses he says are abusing the government wage subsidy scheme and should pay it back immediately.

Nick Mowbray of Zuru toys says large corporates… Video, Audio

A church elder at the centre of Auckland's sub-cluster says pastors are encouraging members to get tested and prayer meetings have been held over Zoom since the police busted an illicit gathering… Audio

Australia has pipped NZ to the post for hosting rights to rugby's first big international tournamnent since the Covid-19 pandemic.

November's Rugby Championship involving Australia, New Zealand… Video, Audio

The All Whites will play England for the first time in almost 30 years, when they take on the world's fourth ranked football side at Wembley in London in November.

The match will have to be played… Audio

Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.

The government is allowing… Audio

Young people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.

It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Audio

Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Audio

A dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.

Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Video, Audio

Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.

The sector directly employs about 230,000… Video, Audio