Checkpoint

Auckland Council has today been grilling its own water company, Watercare, over the management of the region's water shortage.

At a council meeting this morning, Watercare said the city is… Audio

There are three new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today, while two people have now recovered from the disease. One of the cases was flagged yesterday, a woman isolating in a hotel in Rotorua.

And… Audio

National's change in leader has helped the party claw back some political points.

The latest 1News Colmar Brunton poll has revealed a boost for the party - but it's still not enough for them to win… Video, Audio

It's been dubbed Canterbury's little seaside community who never gave up.

Nine years in the making, it was Redcliffs School''s grand re-opening today after earthquake damage rendered the old site… Video, Audio

Political parties are ramping up their electioneering, with Hawke's Bay the battleground for the hearts and minds of voters today.

While National leader Todd Muller was wooing farmers in rural… Audio

The Supreme Court has been told the Peter Ellis criminal appeal should be heard despite his death, in order to provide finality to the case and restore his mana.

If the appeal is granted, it could… Video, Audio

There is concern raising the bar to get a Covid-19 test has come too early, as winter ills surge and recent border lapses play on people's minds.

Today is the first day the Ministry of Health no… Audio

Northland and Auckland got a desperately needed downpour overnight but parts of the Coromandel got too much, causing flooding and slips.

Farmers woke up with new ponds in their paddocks and flood… Audio

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

Qantas is slashing at least 6,000 jobs, and says it needs to become a "smaller airline" because of the pandemic.

The Australian national carrier says its strategy will save $15 billion over three… Audio

AJ Hackett bungy's owners were jumping for joy after news the company would receive $10.2 million in government help to get back on its feet.

But questions are being raised over whether the company… Audio

St John paramedics say they're absolutely gutted that their employer has backtracked on its promise to pay weekend and overnight shift rates.

The ambulance service says it's facing a large deficit… Audio

A South Auckland family with a boy using a wheelchair are living in a garage because of lack of suitable state housing. Maria and her two children have been camped out in a relative's garage for six… Video, Audio

The rules for managed isolation and quarantine may be tightened even further as the government works to restore public confidence in the border regime.

Ministers and officials are still dealing with… Audio

It was a tearful homecoming of sorts for Te Raekura Redcliffs School on Monday morning - nine years after the Christchurch quakes forced it out of its origin location.

The school has been rebuilt -… Video, Audio

Meanwhile, a man who arrived back in New Zealand to be with his dying father has described a hellish four days confined to an Auckland hotel room with no opening windows.

Chris Tunbridge is staying… Audio

The government is ramping up its border control measures amid two new positive cases today - both at quarantine hotels in Auckland.

One is a teenage woman who arrived from Pakistan, and was on the… Audio

Warriors players and fans are as shocked as the rest of the rugby league community by the sacking of coach Stephen Kearney.

The former Kiwis coach was dumped by the NRL side over the weekend, the… Audio

Four jails denied inmates their basic human rights during the covid 19 lockdown, meaning they missed out on their minimum one hour daily exercise in the open air.

The Chief Ombusdman Peter Boshier… Video, Audio

After the police arrest of a tagger led to his hospitalisation, one barrister says cops should never use force for minor crimes.

A video has appeared on Twitter showing a video of Nikau Andrews being… Audio