New Zealand

Tauranga's Mayor Tenby Powell calls for "bold leadership to take the city forward" and delayed rate rises in recent years has forced him into some difficult decisions to pay for its rapid growth.

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Plans to commemorate last year's terror attack on March 15 risk re-opening emotional wounds, say Christchurch's Muslim community, as they explain there's no tradition of marking anniversaries in… Audio

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

The suppliers of a common anti-depressant medicine are keeping Pharmac on month-to-month rations.

Pharmac operations director Lisa Williams tells RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn the problem… Audio

The Prime Minister has confirmed New Zealand has its first case of Coronavirus.

Health correspondent Rowan Quinn joins Lisa Owen live in the Checkpoint studio. Video, Audio

The Serious Fraud Office will now look at the electoral spending of Mayors Lianne Dalziel and Phil Goff, after referrals from police.

A former Christchurch Mayoral candidate John Minto complained… Video, Audio

The State Services Commissioner says Treasury officials doing their best was "not good enough" ahead of last year's leak of information on a government website.

However he didn't point the finger at… Audio

Ethnic Communities Minister Jenny Salesa has dined out for lunch on Auckland's Dominion Road today in a bid to drive up falling trade in the Asian restaurant sector.

Some restaurants are reporting as… Video, Audio

UPDATE 17:35: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed the Covid-19 case being tested in NZ is positive. A person in their 60s is in Auckland Hospital. They are a permanent resident to NZ and had… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ramped up her rhetoric during her visit to Australia, telling her counterpart Scott Morrison that his government's policy of deporting convicted Kiwis to New Zealand… Audio

Aucklanders are tightening their water belts following calls from Watercare to start conserving.

On Wednesday last week the city used more than 560 million litres of water, breaking all previous… Video, Audio

A Samoan man, who the Crown says was trafficked to New Zealand and used as a slave, has described being ordered to beat his young cousin because he was so scared of his adoptive father, the… Audio

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says significant changes are needed to save wildlife in the Hauraki Gulf.

It comes after a report released today by Auckland Council outlined unsustainable threats… Video, Audio

New Zealand's Ministry of Health is launching a public health campaign around coronavirus. Video, Audio

It has taken years of lobbying and court action to have Ihumātao recognised for its historic and cultural value, but mana whenua can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The disputed Māngere site has… Audio

As the anniversary of the March 15 shootings approaches, the Prime Minister has met with families of three of the victims from Fiji.

Jacinda Ardern went to the Lautoka Mosque on Thursday - one of her… Audio

A comprehensive study of rape trials in New Zealand has sexual violence advocates calling for certain questions to be banned from the courtroom.

Law Professor Elisabeth McDonald from the University… Audio

Rich-listers gave the New Zealand First Foundation $100,000 in just one week.

But the donations have stayed secret until now because the individual payments fell below the level where donors' names… Video, Audio

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

Petrol could be set to drop by between 10 and 30 cents a litre at the pump as the government takes aim at the big oil companies over their pricing.

The government says companies have been making… Audio