Checkpoint

Locals in a Hawke's Bay community are devastated and angry at the SPCA's decision to close its local centre.

The Waipukurau SPCA will soon close its doors and it's not the only small centre facing… Video, Audio

No traffic lights, no tarseal and an 80km/h speed limit. Driving in the Chatham Islands is as laid back as the way of life, but it still requires a licence.

And that means a trip to the mainland for… Video, Audio

It's been a less-than-ideal week for the All Blacks ahead of their first test of the year.

Covid-19 has handed the home side a rollercoaster buildup - and hundreds of extra Zoom calls - for tomorrow… Video, Audio

It's not just chopping onions that'll make your eyes water these days, but paying for them too.

As the price of fruit n veges hits harder, many Kiwis are growing their own. On the Hibiscus Coast a… Video, Audio

After years of the housing crisis in New Zealand, emergency housing is becoming entrenched on Rotorua's main road - Fenton Street.

Around 40 motels in the tourism hotspot are now being used as… Video, Audio

This deal mean Aotearoa's cheese industry gets a bigger nibble at the European market according to the government.

It says there will be new and improved quota access for more than 31,000 tonnes of… Video, Audio

It's the $1.8 billion deal the PM says unlocks access to one of the world's biggest and lucrative markets.

But the free trade agreement signed with the EU has left the meat and dairy sectors with a… Audio

New Zealand will learn overnight if negotiators have managed to secure a trade deal with the European Union.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Brussels early this morning, where talks have… Video, Audio

A large police operation to clear out an established occupation at Māhanga Bay in Wellington has dragged on most of the day.

Six people have been arrested and more have been shifted out of the area.

Plastic. It's not so fantastic, according to 100,000 New Zealanders who've signed a petition urging the government to ban single-use plastic bottles.

But with about a billion of them sold in this… Audio

The ongoing spread of Omicron, influenza and other winter illnesses is being described by one urgent care doctor as a "tsunami".

Health Minster Andrew Little said the health system as a whole is… Video, Audio

Classical musical piped into the shearing shed, white walls to better spot blood splatters and mattresses at the end of the sheep chute, on a certified carbon zero high country farm, has some people… Video, Audio

The government is supplying thousands of masks to school kids and staff in a bid to curb the spread of Covid.

It has also revised its advice on testing for re-infections of the virus, as thousands of… Video, Audio

A surprise starter and surprise position switch, headline the All Blacks team for the first test against Ireland.

Uncapped powerhouse Leicester Faingaanuku will start on the wing in Saturday's sold… Audio

Auckland Council has been dealing with the hot potato of protecting 'character' homes instead of supplying more housing.

The council met with local boards to discuss the rezoning of so-called special… Audio

The brakes have gone on a social housing development on Auckland's North Shore following complaints it could change the character of the neighbourhood.

That's despite thousands of desperate families… Video, Audio

'Bereft of any humanity ... nothing less than torture'. A judge's words as he sentenced a woman to life imprisonment for the murder of a five-year-old boy.

Malachi Subecz was beaten, starved, burnt… Audio

The All Blacks have been dealt more disruption ahead of Saturday's sold out first test against Ireland in Auckland.

Star outside back Will Jordan is the latest to test positive for Covid-19, taking… Audio