Lisa Owen

Extreme weather is forecast to hit Tairāwhiti and Wairoa from tonight, just three weeks after the last severe downpour tore bridges apart and destroyed roads.

Residents are bracing for a trifecta of… Audio

Have cheaper public transport prices got you out of your car - and onto the bus or the train?

The subsidies are part of a three month package to ease the pressure on peoples' wallets - but should… Audio

Landlord Paul Reid has been trashing some of his own tenants for their vaccine pass policies.

Whammy Bar on Karangahape Road still uses the passes for safety, even though they're no longer legally… Audio

Parliament is being warned to tread carefully with its approach to the Russian ambassador.

The Foreign Affairs Select Committee is investigating if it can summons the Ambassador, Georgii Zuev, before… Audio

Women in Rugby Aotearoa chair Traci Houpapa has told Checkpoint she is surprised Black Ferns coach Glenn Moore is keeping his role, after a report into culture in the team.

"It does send a message to… Video, Audio

It's the five finger discount that is costing us all in the long run. A 2017 study estimated shop lifting and retail theft costs more than a billion dollars a year, with businesses spending more than… Audio

Southland firefighters are concerned a fire that's been devastating conservation land could flare up and spread with more windy, dry conditions on the way.

The fire at Awarua has burned through more… Audio

Local bar Woof! is biting back at fake bad reviews posted apparently in retaliation for the pub continuing to use vaccine certificates, even though they're no longer compulsory.

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An anti-mandate occupation in central Dunedin has come to a peaceful end, but those behind it say the protest will carry on.

A small group had occupied the Octagon since February 11, but they've… Video, Audio

In its biggest deployment to Europe since the early 1990s, New Zealand will send an Air Force Hercules and a 50 crew to assist with Ukraine's war efforts.

They'll leave for Europe on Wednesday, but… Audio

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

The countdown is on to May mayhem on sports fields and courts around the country. It's the month when a bunch of us lace up our boots for the start of the amateur club season - boots that probably… Video, Audio

Checkpoint can reveal outgoing Labour MP Louisa Wall will earn up to $210,000 in her new role as a gender equality ambassador - a job that was not advertised.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and… Video, Audio

A grieving mother says Auckland Transport needs to do more to keep cyclists safe - after two deaths in the past two months.

Levi James died after being hit by a truck near the Royal Oak roundabout in… Audio

New Zealand Rugby's released its long awaited report into the culture in the Black Ferns.

The review was sparked, in part, by an Instagram post by one of the players - Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate.

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Auckland retailers have been hit by three more ramraid style robberies within 24 hours, sparking calls for greater police patrols in Auckland CBD.

Two of the raids saw vehicles driven through the… Video, Audio

The marine sector estimates it has lost 600 million dollars worth of superyacht maintenance work and associated spending during the pandemic.

The Marine Industry Association says that other countries… Audio

Pack up and leave, or we'll move you on - that's the message from the Dunedin City Council to a small group of protesters that have occupied the Octagon for almost two months.

The group began the… Audio

A decrease in house prices and an increase in supply has turned the market in favour of buyers.

But with the average house in New Zealand still costing one million dollars it's not easy to get a foot… Audio

Modern slavery isn't just happening in dark corners in far away places.

The government is proposing a new law that could force companies to weed out worker exploitation and slavery from their supply… Video, Audio