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If the 'doomsday disease' - foot and mouth - reaches New Zealand shores, it could put a 100,000 jobs and $10 billion of export revenue at risk according to the government.

Aotearoa is on high alert… Video, Audio

The Associate Education Minister is offering to meet secondary principals who say schools are at breaking point with the stress of staff shortages and student absences. Video, Audio

The Court of Appeal has been grappling with the issue of the fairness or otherwise of life sentences for young people.

The case being heard relates to three people, who committed murder when they… Audio

Several days since James Shaw was ousted from the Greens' co-leadership - and he remains the only MP in the running to reassume the role.

The Green Party caucus met at Parliament this morning - all… Audio

Christchurch City Council head of Three Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont says the city's water networks are responding reasonably well to the heavy rain.

She told Checkpoint the flood levels in… Video, Audio

Another ram raid, leaving another business owner sweeping broken glass and considering shutting up shop for good.

Thirsty Liquor in Wellington's Island Bay is the latest to be targeted - with a… Video, Audio

National leader Christopher Luxon admits it was a mistake to share posts on social media suggesting he was visiting provincial New Zealand when we was actually holidaying in Hawaii.

Luxon travelled… Audio

Many areas of Christchurch are underwater, dealing with what's been described as the worst flooding since the earthquakes.

The high tide has just passed, with the rivers already running across roads… Video, Audio

It's been a hard road to Hawke's Bay but the new highway from Manawatū is taking shape.

Since slips forced the Manawatū Gorge road shut in 2017 drivers have faced slow, hilly detours. The new… Video, Audio

School's back and the backlog of stranded passengers at airports around the country is finally clearing with the last 100 or so people on flights home tonight.

Air New Zealand was forced to put on… Video, Audio

Some Countdown supermarkets are ditching plastic bags from the produce department in a sprinkling of stores country-wide.

It means shoppers will have to bring their bags, boxes, buckets and baskets… Video, Audio

A stranger abduction, not a drifter, but someone who knew the area very well and was probably involved with cannabis.

That's the working theory of the top officer in charge of the Kirsty Bentley… Video, Audio

The battle for the soul of the Green Party is underway with James Shaw vowing he will fight to take back the co-leadership.

It's not yet clear who - if anyone - he will challenge for the role. The MP… Audio

Newmarket locals are frustrated at Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki, saying Saturday's protest left people cut off from sick family and businesses counting yet more losses. 

Meanwhile, Mr Tamaki's… Video, Audio

The upper North Island has taken a pounding, with heavy rain and wild winds enough to tip trucks and knock out power.

The Harbour Bridge has been operating low speed restrictions, there've been… Video, Audio