Lisa Owen

A TV ad that implied customers could access renewable power if they switched to Meridian Energy has been ordered off air after the Advertising Standards Authority ruled it made unsubstantiated… Video, Audio

They say a picture's worth a thousand words, but what about $100,000 fine?

That's what selfie hunters posing with little blue penguins in Napier could face if caught.

Department of Conservation… Video, Audio

Parts of the country grappling with a dry spring fear a lack of rain will lead to another serious drought this year.

A one-in-a-hundred-year drought hit regions like Northland and Hawke's Bay… Audio

Between Tiwai Point, Marsden Point, Glenbrook, and now Kawerau, the potential job losses for heavy industry are starting to stack up.

But is industry on death's door in New Zealand? And what's to… Audio

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

Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.

Checkpoint has spoken to a number of businesses calling for their fellow CBD… Video, Audio

A Meridian Energy TV ad featuring the trials of a Kiwi 'eco-hero' has been ordered off-air after it was found to make misleading environmental claims.

Rival power company Electric Kiwi complained to… Video, Audio

While the parties are still traversing the country trying to scoop up all the votes they can, more than a million people have already made up their mind, and had their say.

It's a record breaking… Audio

As political parties hit the final week of the campaign National leader Judith Collins isn't backing down on her wealth tax attack on Labour.

Collins says a Labour-Green government would introduce a… Video, Audio

The government's agreed to let 250 international post graduate students back into New Zealand under a special exemption scheme.

The students will have to complete the mandatory two weeks isolation in… Video, Audio

Helping students to earn money to live on while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention.

Universities NZ figures show there were… Audio

A sexual abuse survivor group believes research about sexual assaults on university students is conservative.

A study by the New Zealand Medical Journal found 28 percent of students surveyed had… Audio

Family Planning was not planning for an unprecedented shortage of oral contraceptives, but its now faced with supplies of four brands running out in the next few weeks.

And it is warning women to… Video, Audio

The first All Blacks team of the year has been named and while three uncapped players will debut from the bench, the match day 23 is a largely predictable side for Sunday's Bledisloe Cup opener in… Audio

Motels and accomodation providers receiving millions of dollars in emergency housing payments from the government have also claimed tens of thousands of dollars in wage subsidies.

One Auckland… Audio

Wellington's environment and conservation efforts are under siege after a spate of malicious or ignorant attacks.

A wildlife sanctuary's fence has been slashed, large bags of bread were ditched and… Audio

Part of a grandmother's crockpot is among the little left of a Lake Ōhau home lost in one of the most destructive fires the country has ever seen.

Fire and Emergency's contained the fire at Lake… Audio

Debris thought to be from the missing cargo ship, Gulf Livestock one, has been found close to where it sank near the Tokara Islands, in Japan.

It's raised the hopes of family members, including two… Audio

Days before Jacinda Ardern changed the election date to October, the Electoral Commission warned they'd struggle to make the date work.

The latest tranche of documents on the governement's Covid-19… Audio

While party leaders are still traversing the country trying to sell their message, hundreds of thousands of people have already cast their vote - well in advance of the election.

Voting is up more… Audio