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A horror season and three years of Covid has left one of our biggest ski field operators on thin ice, and taxpayers potentially $15 million out of pocket.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, which operates… Video, Audio

Auckland's rail woes continue as dangerous track conditions cause a reduction in services on the Western Line.

This comes just days after Auckland Transport announced rolling closures across three of… Audio

The police minister won't rule out changing the law to allow officers to keep taking photographs of adults and children.

The force was called out last month for illegally taking photos and… Audio

"Gut wrenching". That's how Mad Butcher and mad rugby league fan Sir Peter Leitch has described the smash and grab theft of a precious collection of Warriors jerseys.

More than a dozen of them, many… Video, Audio

The Silver Ferns meet the Australian Diamonds in the first of four Tests tonight, hoping to defend the Constellation Cup they won last year.

The last time the arch rivals met was in January with the… Audio

Michael Hill is leaving its Takapuna store bordered up indefinitely. The shop has been hit by ram raids and smash and grabs three times this year, making it Michael Hill Jewellers' most targeted… Video, Audio

Overseas nurses are working as 'stop-go' road workers rather than at hospitals because they can earn up to $10 more per hour.

A civil construction manager has told Checkpoint he has four nurses… Audio

A very deep financial hole has left locals and businesses around Ruapehu in limbo. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has announced it's appointed administrators PWC, to work its way out up to $50 million of debt.

The Immigration Minister is promising employers it's going to be much easier to get desperately needed staff from overseas.

The new skilled migrant policy announced today will have no cap on numbers… Video, Audio

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has been put into voluntary administration.

The company operates the Whakapapa and Tūroa skifields in the central North Island.

Our reporter Katie Todd has the details.

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New Zealand Post has opened a new Wellington depot - the first automated processing hub in the lower North Island with its own super sorter machine.

Visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to see how… Video, Audio

'Unbelievable'. That's the word the Mayor of the Chatham Islands is using to describe the second mass stranding of pilot whales in less than a week.

Almost 500 have beached since Friday in two… Audio

Despite a swathe of ram raids across the city, just six Auckland businesses had their applications for bollards approved in the first eight months of this year.

Data obtained by Checkpoint under the… Video, Audio