Checkpoint for Tuesday 30 November 2021

5:08 PM.The new National Party leader Christopher Luxon is promising to revitalise the party, saying his relative inexperience in Parliament is an advantage.

The former Air New Zealand boss has been elected… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Learner drivers looking to lose the L plates won't be able to sit practical tests unless they're fully vaccinated.

VTNZ's line has drawn the ire of the Driving Change Network. It says hundreds of… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Harsher fines and more restrictions could be on the cards for freedom campers, as the government tries to flush out the bad behaving ones.

The Tourism Minister announced a crackdown on some campers… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.You may have noticed empty shelves at some supermarkets, particularly in Auckland.

Bare supermarket shelves, swathes of missing products, your favourite must-have ingredients missing.

Countdown is… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6284447002001 Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Red level restrictions are presenting a challenge for pubs and restaurants over the summer break.

Auckland venues can reopen from Friday after a three month shutdown, but they are not popping the… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Some wannabe returnees have been left out in the cold, after Omicron prompted a last minute change to the number of MIQ rooms released today.

Officials say they are taking precautions so there's… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Marlborough Sounds killer Scott Watson has again been denied parole, 23 years after he was imprisoned for the murder of Ben Smart and Olivia Hope.

The 50-year-old was sentenced to life in prison in… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Relatively new entrant to Parliament, former Unilever and Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon has landed the job as leader of the National Party.

The situation vacant sign when up last week when Judith… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The National Party will be hoping to reach new heights with newly appointed leader Christopher Luxon.

The political newbie - and former Air New Zealand chief executive - was elected earlier today… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.A gang expert says the police may need to monitor gangs "extremely heavily" - or get them in a room together - in a bid to quash any tit for tat violence that may be brewing.

There are growing… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.Uncertainty continues to hang over the New Zealand Golf Open in the wake of planned changes to border rules.

event falls less than a month before the border opens to fully vaccinated foreign… Read more Audio