Lisa Owen

On Friday National Party leader Simon Bridges' fate will be decided after he forced the hand of potential challengers calling all his MPs back to Wellington to decide the issue.

Bay of Plenty MP Todd… Video, Audio

A Defence Force helicopter has now joined the search for two trampers missing in a remote part of north-west Nelson.

Jessica O'Connor and Dion Reynolds, both 23 and from the Tasman area, started out… Audio

Late on Wednesday afternoon Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller emailed his caucus colleagues signalling his intent to challenge for the National Party leadership.

It came after current leader Simon Bridges… Video, Audio

A brain-damaged man who died of suspected suicide while in a secure mental health unit should not have been there, and was being treated in a way that did not help his condition, according to a report… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand is looking to furlough some of its cabin crew for three years or longer with the incentive of being rehired first, if and when the airline takes off after a massive downturn following… Video, Audio

Simon Bridges has called the bluff of his potential challengers, and has called National Party MPs to Parliament for a vote on the leadership midday Friday.

It is still not clear where the votes… Video, Audio

Taxpayers could end up being liable if a ship laden with 40,000 barrels of crude oil - which is sitting just 50 kilometres off the Taranaki coast - is involved in a spill.

The FPSO Umuroa is a… Audio

It is another day of no new cases of covid-19 in New Zealand.

There have been no more deaths and two people remain in hospital. But New Zealand's overall tally has increased by four, to 1503, as the… Audio

The New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters is going back to court to appeal the High Court decision over the leak of his pension details.

Mr Peters now claims he knows who the leak came from -… Audio

Northland schools have the lowest attendance rates after the Covid-19 level 4 and level 3 lockdown, with one only getting about quarter of their students back.

About 800,000 students were due back in… Video, Audio

It could take more than five years for international air travel to bounce back and countries enforcing quarantine periods are not helping according to IATA.

The International Air Transport… Video, Audio

Master carvers who have dedicated their life to teaching the art of whakairo say the government's latest $7.6 million investment in the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute will allow them to… Audio

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

National says Treasury's failure to front at Tuesday's Epidemic Response Committee is unacceptable, and is another example of the government's arrogance and dismissal of scrutiny.

Treasury Secretary… Audio

The National Party caucus may have had a sleepless night after Monday's catastrophic polling, but former Prime Minister Jim Bolger believes he has a solution.

Bolger told Checkpoint MP Todd Muller… Video, Audio

People on the streets of Auckland say Simon Bridges' performance over the past few months has been disappointing and he has got to go.

Checkpoint heard from people in Newmarket and Mount Roskill… Video, Audio

Simon Bridges' future as leader of the Opposition could come down to a crunch call next week - after National's caucus was left reeling by a disastrous poll.

A disappointed caucus will meet next… Video, Audio

Children's charity Bellyful finds itself with $12,000-worth of unwanted Air New Zealand credits after it was forced to cancel a training conference in Christchurch due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The… Video, Audio

Super rugby is back, but it is nothing like before and it's taking players some getting used to.

The Chiefs, the Hurricanes, the Blues, Crusaders and Highlanders were back at training today preparing… Audio

There were no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Monday and there is no community transmission.

At Monday's official briefing, the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield said the last… Video, Audio