Checkpoint

The government spent tens of thousands of dollars in a legal battle against a pregnant woman who was applying for an emergency MIQ spot for her husband.

Roshni Sami's was trying to get her husband to… Video, Audio

The streets of South Auckland are turning red this week as Tonga's national rugby league teams return to action against their New Zealand rivals.

Tongan fans have become renowned for their wild… Video, Audio

Over Matariki weekend some general practitioners in south and east Auckland will be taking up the slack for Middlemore's slammed emergency department, staying open longer and providing some free… Video, Audio

Growers have been forced to throw out hundreds of thousands of crops because wild weather has ruined them.

The latest figures from Stats NZ show fruit and vegetables have gone up 10 percent in the… Video, Audio

A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is be being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

Inglewood residents have campaigned for 20 years for the crossing on… Audio

The last piece of the puzzle is in place as the tenth and final section of the Waikato Expressway has been completed.

The 22km Hamilton section completes the four-lane State Highway from Cambridge to… Video, Audio

Figures from Mindful Money show $190 million of KiwiSaver funds are invested in companies involved in the manufacture of weapons like firearms, missiles and ammunition.

That's despite over 80 percent… Audio

The Prime Minister is preparing for a another trip to drum up trade and tourism for New Zealand - this time to Europe. Jacinda Ardern leaves this weekend with a business delegation.

In the past few… Audio

Calls tonight for Fletcher Building's board chair to resign over claims of culture issues and systemic failures within the company that could see a customer revolt.

The company's in the spotlight… Video, Audio

It can be revealed hotels earned about $1.3 million a month from becoming MIQ facilities.

Data released to RNZ shows the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spent nearly $800 million in… Audio

There are significant hold ups to train services in the capital tonight because of signalling issues coming into the main station.

Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati is outside Wellington station and… Video, Audio

The College for Emergency Medicine chair, Doctor Kate Allan, describes overwhelmed emergency departments around Aotearoa, with staff shortages and patients stuck in limbo, having to wait for a… Video, Audio

Auckland GPs say they're fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.

Twenty-seven clinics opened for free appointments in east… Audio

A crash which took the lives of seven people on State Highway One south of Picton yesterday has had a devastating impact on one family, and left the community reeling.

A relative of those who died… Audio

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is visiting New Zealand meeting Jacinda Ardern for the first time.

In a meeting today, described as warm and productive, the leaders discussed climate… Audio

Sport NZ's getting an independent government funded integrity body, after a slew of recent reports showing athlete welfare was over looked or not taken seriously enough.

Drug Free Sport NZ and some… Video, Audio

The All Whites have one shot to be the 32nd - and final team - to qualify for this year's Football World Cup. If they qualify, they'll join Australia, who sneaked in this morning, after a penalty… Audio

Enough plans and too much talk - it's time to curb cars on Queen. That's the message from Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick and the City Centre Residents' Group who have launched a petition for… Video, Audio

ACC doesn't have a strong privacy culture, its policies are outdated and its staff have a narrow view of what privacy breaches are.

Those are just some of the findings in a damning independent report… Audio