Checkpoint

Small businesses in the tourist town of Waitomo are crying foul over big government handouts being passed on to larger operators - while they struggle to survive. Discover Waitomo, one of the town's… Video, Audio

The Minister in charge of Managed Isolation & Quarantine, Megan Woods, speaks to us about the 32-year-old man who did a runner last night from managed isolation. Video, Audio

Matamata locals have been desperately trying to rescue a curious and possibly greedy local cat that went all Winnie the Pooh on it and got his head firmly stuck in a peanut butter jar - that was about… Video, Audio

Community sport and national leagues are the major winners from the first tranche of funding announced today from the Government's $265 million dollar Sport Recovery Package. $68 million is going into… Audio

A freeze on Air New Zealand flights coming back into the country is expected to affect thousands of kiwis trying to get home over the coming weeks. The airline and the Government have agreed to put… Audio

National's Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker has confirmed he leaked the personal details of Covid-19 patients to the media. Former National Party president and acting CEO of the Auckland Rescue… Video, Audio

The Islamic Women's Council says the last year's mosque attacks may never have happened if the Government listened to its concerns about rising hostility towards Muslims. The council has publicly… Video, Audio

The Southern DHB is pushing for Dunedin and Invercargill to be used for managed isolation ahead of Queenstown, due to concerns about its lack of medical facilities. The DHB has been meeting today to… Audio

Locals and their leaders in Victoria and New South Wales border towns say they're still in the dark as to how they'll live their lives under the strict border closures coming into force at midnight… Audio

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

The former partner of murdered flaxmere man Kelly Donner is urging his killer to give up the chase. Haami Hanara was 14 when he fatally stabbed Mr Donner - and is tonight still on the run after… Audio

Air New Zealand hasn't ruled out the possibility of extending a three week freeze on bookings for passengers wanting to come home to New Zealand, so the government can cope with increasing demand on… Audio

But we begin with a developing story involving two conflicting reports and two ministers at loggerheads over the future location of the Port of Auckland. The first report, led by Wayne Brown and… Audio

Labour and New Zealand First are once again at odds, this time over where to shift the port of Auckland. Transport Minister and senior Labour MP Phil Twyford has joined forces with his former… Audio

Age Concern Wellington is worried that some elderly people are becoming isolated post-lockdown, with many still concerned about leaving their homes.

More than 170,000 people over the age of 65 live… Video, Audio

Heavy rain warnings for Auckland and Northland have now been lifted, but the unsettled weather is set to continue.

Winds gusting up to 100km an hour battered our largest city overnight, keeping… Audio

Residents at Auckland's Stamford Plaza Hotel are livid they were not consulted for a second time that people returning from overseas would be in managed isolation there.

Last month the government… Audio

The Department of Conservation has leapt to the defence of a fisher who accidentally caught a great white shark off the coast of Taranaki at the weekend.

Rob Ansley of Ocean Pearl Fisheries has faced… Video, Audio

People with exemption visas to travel to New Zealand have been prevented from boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight from Cambodia, after the airline refused to accept their paperwork.

A New Zealander… Audio

A teen killer remains on the run tonight after he and another young man escaped from a youth justice facility over the weekend.

Haami Hanara and Sean Ratu got out through a window at Korowai Manaaki… Audio