Checkpoint

A speeding driverless car, with a brick weighing down the accelerator, has smashed into other park vehicles in Christchurch and has residents fearing someone could be seriously hurt if it happens… Video, Audio

The National Party has held its lead over Labour in the latest One News/Kantar poll.

It seems Labour's big budget announcement last week haven't convinced voters, they've dropped two percent to sit… Audio

Contraceptive injections are being given to Kaimanawa wild horses to curb herd growth and take pressure off the rehoming programme.

Musters have been held every one or two years to keep numbers in… Video, Audio

Contractors are clearing debris from roads in the upper North Island that have been walloped by storms today.

Some parts of Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau had between 20 and 40mm of rain in an… Audio

Mid Canterbury was reeling this time 12 months ago when a one-in-200 year flood battered the region.

It caused widespread damage to farms in the Ashburton district, but urban areas did not go… Video, Audio

For the second time in a fortnight, US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have consoled a community grieving after a mass shooting.

First it was Buffalo where 10 people died inside a… Video, Audio

Some tangata whenua can't legally access their own land and it's preventing them building houses for whanau who want to live there.

It comes after RNZ this morning reported barriers at the bank are… Audio

People are getting re-infected with Covid-19, but the Ministry of Health is telling people re-infected within 90 days not to get tested again.

International cases are suggesting it's becoming more… Audio

Checkpoint can reveal it cost $9.1 million to transport returning New Zealanders to MIQ facilities after health officials deemed it "no longer justified".

MIQ was maintained for three months despite… Audio

The government has announced plans this afternoon to bust up the supermarket duopoly, but has stopped short of forcing the two big chains to sell off some of their assets.

It's adopting 12 of 14… Video, Audio

Covid has crept its way into the Prime Minister's delegation just days before her sit down meeting with US President Joe Biden.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Chris Seed… Video, Audio

A gang feud continues to spill over in Auckland and Northland, with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and several firearms seized.

There's been multiple shooting incidents across Auckland suburbs… Video, Audio

The "brotherhood" of New Zealand photojournalists has answered the call of a terminally-ill colleague to help out the cash-strapped Taranaki Hospice.

Rob Tucker - a former illustrations editor at the… Video, Audio

Commercial property owners in Wellington are worried they may be stuck with office towers no-one wants to rent or insure.

There are now about 150 buildings in the CBD which share the same… Audio

Would be parents using surrogates will no longer have to adopt their own child after its born if the government accepts changes recommended by the Law Commission.

Its review has found laws governing… Video, Audio

The cull has continued in the White Ferns with two more players from the World Cup squad finding themselves left right out.

Vice-captain Amy Satterthwaite quit international cricket yesterday, after… Audio

Advocates say refugees due to arrive in New Zealand from Australia and detention centres in Nauru will need to be treated with care and dignity.

In March, Australia agreed to allow 150 refugees to… Audio

Locals living in the stench in Christchurch's Bromley feel a bit ripped off by the council's financial aid.

Christchurch City council is promising to spend a million dollars to give some relief to… Audio

New Zealand, Australia and the U-S are all eyes on the Pacific as China's Foreign Minister tours several islands.

Wang Yi has just landed in Kiribati to talk bilateral relations with the country's… Audio