Checkpoint for Monday 21 November 2022

5:50 PM.The disability support sector says it's facing a critical staffing crisis for support workers, with higher paying hospital roles making it impossible to retain staff.

And young people living with a… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The government says all MPs will get to vote on whether to lower the voting age to 16 for general elections, following today's Supreme Court decision that the current law is discriminatory.

The Prime… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite.

Fireballs Aotearoa says its likely to have landed in Northland, and could be just the 10th meteorite… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The world champion Black Ferns will keep the celebations going for a few weeks yet.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern annouced this afternoon the government will be backing an event next month that will… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Armed police remain at the scene of an incident on Monday afternoon that evacuated dozens of residents in Auckland's North Shore.

RNZ reporter Rayssa Almeida is at the scene on Lancaster Road in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Lydia Ko has claimed the largest first place prize in the history of the women's sport.

The 25-year-old won the season-ending LPGA Tour Championship event in Naples Florida by two shots which also… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.At Parliament all MPs will get to vote on whether 16-year-olds can got to the ballot box in the general election.

In the past hour the Prime Minister's anounced the government will draft a new law… Read more Video, Audio