New Zealand

Initial tests show no lead contamination in the Waikouaiti River, but there are still more results to come and the Otago Regional Council has ramped up surveillance.

The river feeds the reservoir… Video, Audio

Trade officials are racing against the clock after China suspended imports from two seafood processing facilities over Covid-19 hygiene food safety fears.

A Sanford mussel plant in Havelock, and a… Audio

A woman who was at the Red Fox Tavern when the publican was shot dead mor than 30 years ago has described hearing a loud explosion, before seeing her boss fall to the floor.

Forty-three-year-old… Video, Audio

The architect of the recent success of our biggest tennis tournament is eyeing other sports opportunities after announcing he's moving on from the ASB classic.

Karl Budge has been the tournament… Video, Audio

Residents affected by the water contamination issue in East Otago hope a top level review will shed some light on the issue.

Associate Minister of Health Dr Ayesha Verrall has ordered a rapid review… Video, Audio

Green MP Ricardo Menendez March is facing tough questions after revelations he left the country in December against the government's official advice.

The list MP - who is now back in New Zealand in a… Audio

We can now pay for things with a scan of a card or even our phone. There's no need for counting coins or keeping notes in your back pocket.

So with contactless payments on the rise, are we on the… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6230665411001 Video, Audio

Abusive coaches, body image issues, eating disorders, children left in tears and a fear of retribution - they are among the findings of a report into the culture of Gymnastics New Zealand -… Audio

The Resource Management Act is destined for the scrap heap but its main replacement is two years away.

Successive governments have grappled with the complex and cumbersome planning law that was… Audio

Apple growers fear they're about to face carnage as the picking season hits its peak in the next few weeks.

With borders closed, overseas workers are slim pickings, and locals are just as hard to… Audio

The recent lead contamination scare in east Otago has raised the question, how safe are New Zealanders with their drinking water?

The technical manager at industry group Water NZ says he would not… Video, Audio

The new boss of Wellington Rugby League says the future of the game is with Māori and Pasifika communities.

About 200 people turned out to support the mihi whakatau ceremony for Andre Whittaker - who… Audio

Air New Zealand's CEO Greg Foran has confirmed to Checkpoint the contract with the Saudi military has now been terminated.

In 2019 the airline's gas turbines unit was contracted to work on parts… Audio

South Africa's put the brakes on its roll out of a million doses of the Astra-Zeneca Oxford Vaccine - despite a surge in new Covid-19 cases there.

It comes after showing in some cases it had little… Video, Audio

Hundreds of members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held a hīkoi this morning, frustrated at the Crown's overlapping treaty settlement claim process.

They walked along the city's waterfront to… Audio

A public health specialist says the maximum allowable level of nitrate in drinking water should be 11 times lower than current rules allow.

Otago University's Dr Tim Chambers is part of a Ministry of… Audio

A trial is underway for one of the country's most well known cold cases.

More than 30 years after Waikato publican and father-of-two Chris Bush was shot dead during a robbery at the Red Fox Tavern in… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6230308383001 Video, Audio