Checkpoint

Meanwhile former US President Barack Obama has spoken publicly for the first time since George Floyd's death, saying that while the protests have been difficult and scary, they provide an opportunity… Video, Audio

Waikato business Discover Waitomo is the first to benefit from a government plan to protect so called strategic tourism assets, with a $4 million grant to help it cushion the blow from Covid-19.

The… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand cannot afford to offer refunds to everyone impacted by flight cancellations during the Covid-19 outbreak without dipping into its $900m government loan, Air New Zealand's chief revenue… Video, Audio

New Zealand First is flexing its muscles within the coalition, now publicly criticising some of the commercial rent measures its partner Labour had been pushing for - which it ended up blocking.

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Plans for a trans-Tasman bubble by July have failed to get lift-off - with New Zealand government ministers saying it's too early for such a proposal.

Top business voices want to see a new flight… Audio

The former All Blacks first-five Dan Carter is officially part of the Blues.

After initial reports last night sent the rugby world into a spin, the two-time World Cup winner trained with his new team… Video, Audio

The first information sessions at Queenstown's new welfare hub were fully booked within hours as migrant workers and residents try to figure out their futures.

Local agencies have been grappling with… Audio

After more than a week of protests, authorities in the United States have now laid charges against all four police officers involved in the death of African-American man George Floyd.

The murder… Audio

The killing by police of unarmed black man George Floyd in the US has activism around the world, including an outpouring of support from the Pasifika community in New Zealand.

Advocates say Pacific… Audio

Talk about moving to Covid-19 alert level 1 has got the phones ringing again at events companies for the first time in months.

The events industry ground to a halt when Covid-19 struck due to strict… Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health is ramping up testing at the border as the number of Covid-19 cases remains at zero.

For the twelfth consecutive day there were no new cases of Covid and there's still only one… Video, Audio

A former police crisis negotiator says there are strict rules for checking on and caring for prisoners in police custody and records have to be signed off by a senior officer.

Three police officers… Video, Audio

The government is putting just over $400 million towards funding innovation and research in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The package is primarily made up of investments announced in the budget… Audio

The government is tackling period poverty by rolling out access to free period products in schools.

During term three, the Ministry of Education programme will start in 15 schools in Waikato, before… Audio

Just a day after George Floyd died, after having his neck knelt on by a white police officer in Minneapolis, a white man confronted a group of African-American entrepreneurs while using their private… Video, Audio

The protests have continued in the US today, despite President Trump threatening to unleash the military if demonstrations persist over the death of African American man George Floyd in police… Audio

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

New Zealanders have been given a glimpse of Alert Level One - their efforts under lockdown finally bearing fruit - near normality on the horizon.

But for many, it hasn't come quick enough - the… Audio

The president of the police association says the death of a man in custody in Hawera is not the result of physical force by officers.

Three police officers - who have name suppression - have been… Video, Audio