New Zealand

Central Auckland business owners are frustrated with a slow trickle of customers, disruptive and noisy construction, and what they feel is an increase in crime.

The once vibrant CBD is lined with… Audio

South Island ski fields are worried patchy power supplies could put lives at risk and knee cap plans for a bumper school holiday run.

Coronet peak and thousands of nearby residents in Dalefield and… Video, Audio

A monopoly-busting entrepreneur says nothing short of the forced sell off of supermarket stores owned by the two big chains will deliver true competition and cheaper groceries.

On Checkpoint on… Audio

Reports of a man with a gun plunged four North Shore schools into lockdown today, as police swarmed the area.

About 11am, Takapuna Grammar, Belmont Intermediate, Belmont Primary and Bayswater Primary… Video, Audio

Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu is jetting towards a zero-carbon future - unveiling the world's first electric tourism jetboat in Queenstown this morning.

Tess Brunton went to have a look.

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A former ACC employee who won a compensation case for being bullied on the job is appalled the manager responsible appears to have been promoted.

In a first, ACC must compensate a former worker for… Video, Audio

A sticky-fingered thief has made off with pots and pots of clover honey from a stall with an honesty box near Roxburgh.

The woman helped herself at the roadside shop on State Highway 8 at Ettrick on… Video, Audio

Car pollution is killing thousands of New Zealanders each year, according to new research. And it's costing the country billions of dollars.

The study is the first of its kind and measured the health… Audio

The Prime Minister's touched down in Sydney on the next leg of her Australian trip. Australia's PM has announced New Zealanders in New South Wales will be eligible for flood relief payments - which… Video, Audio

An Auckland school says 80 percent of its students are now asking for school-funded lunch, as parents struggle with the cost of feeding the family.

People in Māngere told Checkpoint they're relying… Video, Audio

Students and teachers hit with the double whammy of winter ills and Covid are anxious to know if they'll get any extra help to achieve NCEA this time round.

Attendance at some schools has been around… Video, Audio

Employers are putting the heat on the government to help solve a major people-power problem.

Worker shortages appear to be stifling almost every sector and they're being blamed for business closures… Audio

Consumer Affairs Minister David Clark has announced the new role of Grocery Commissioner to hold New Zealand's supermarket duopoly to account.

He discusses the details with Lisa Owen.

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Get ready for the new Grocery Commissioner. The new 'referee' the government's announced is designed to keep the supermarket industry in check.

With powers to issue warnings and dish out fines, the… Audio

The governor general has honoured several people who showed extreme bravery during the terror attack in Christchurch.

Among those recognised were members of the public who rushed at the gunman to try… Video, Audio