Checkpoint

In Auckland alone we send 100,000 tonnes of food waste to landfill every year. Now food scrap bins are being rolled out across the city to help use that food for fuel, at the country's first… Video, Audio

After two months of using a dinghy, a husband and wife stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle can now leave home on a slightly less precarious river crossing.

The storm's heavy rain swelled the Manawatū… Video, Audio

Nelson has long been known for its "Sunshine Wages" but a new report shows they have fallen to 14 percent below the national average.

At just over $60,000 dollars a year - they are the lowest average… Audio

Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business.

Retail New Zealand says the rising costs mean more than eighty percent of its members… Audio

ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections, if it is in government.

The party says young law breakers need to be… Video, Audio

Dozens of royal family mega-fans have set up camp near Buckingham Palace - braving the chilly London nights just to catch a glimpse of King Charles on Coronation day.

Final preparations are underway… Audio

A human rights lawyer is appalled at what she says is cynical behaviour from the Ministry of Social Development in offering compensation to victims of state abuse.

While survivors wait for an… Audio

School's out at Albany Senior High for two days as health workers trace the contacts of a measles case - but it could be longer.

A student with measles was at school while infectious last week… Video, Audio

The wet weather may have stopped in Whakatāne but its mayor is reminding residents not be complacent after a deluge of rain submerged parts of the town.

The district council is warning residents… Audio

It's no master move winning over defecting MP Meka Whaitiri according to the co-leader of Labour's Māori caucus Willie Jackson.

But he's still in the dark about her reasons for leaving because she… Video, Audio

"Our little warrior" - a mother's words in court as the man who brutally killed her daughter was sentenced to life in jail.

Lena Zhang Harrap was murdered in September 2021, while out on her daily… Audio

The Black Caps have fallen to their third straight loss in a week as their testing tour of Pakistan continues.

After the T20 series ended in a stalemate, Pakistan have wrapped up the one-day series… Video, Audio

Tired, sore, and fighting hallucinations. Thirty-three-year-old Jono Ridler came ashore at Campbells Bay on Auckland's North Shore last night after a record breaking 33 hour swim, from Aotea Great… Video, Audio

Meka Whaitiri's explosive exit from Labour is still rocking Parliament - as Opposition MPs call on her to give up her seat altogether.

Parliament's Speaker though has reaffirmed the renegade can stay… Audio

A rural Bay of Plenty town is struggling so much to attract doctors, that its only GP is flying in unvaccinated South Island locums who can't find work elsewhere.

Bernard Conlon is currently the sole… Audio

Swimmer Jono Ridler is just a few hours away from making it to shore in his record-breaking non-stop 100km open water swim, from Aotea Great Barrier Island to Narrow Neck beach on Auckland's North… Video, Audio

New Plymouth's mayor says New Zealand needs to take a leaf out of Australia's book and tighten up vaping regulations.

Australia is limiting vape flavours, bringing in "pharmaceutical-style"… Audio