Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 May 2023

6:08 PM.The government plans to tweak liquor laws so pubs can stay open during Rugby World Cup games that are played outside of normal trading hours.

Justice Minister Kiri Allan says the amendment to the Act… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.The tourism industry wants to rebuild better than ever, saying a new era is ahead.

More than 1500 travel delegates are in Otautahi for the country's biggest tourism business event, TRENZ, this week.

5:47 PM.To the Coromandel Peninsula where they've had their fourth major storm in five months.

Businesses and locals are feeling the effects of their fragile roading network - and the lashing of severe… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.National's leader Christopher Luxon has unequivocally ruled out working with Te Pāti Māori to form a government after the election.

It follows a turbulent period for the parties on the left - with… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.In a world first, bunk beds could offer Air New Zealand travellers some respite from the torture of sleepless long haul flights.

From next year the national carrier's offering so called Skynest rest… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.New Zealand Rugby have announced a hook up with the Japan Rugby Union with the promise of more matches between the countries in Japan over the next four years.

The agreement will see the two unions… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.West Auckland residents are dealing with an all too familiar reality, after being hit yet again by severe weather.

Fast and ferocious flooding swamped the area yesterday.. in the space of a few… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.'A much loved son and brother' who died on a school caving trip. There's been an outpouring of grief in Whangārei, where the 15-year-old was a student at Whangārei Boys High.

The caves that claimed… Read more Video, Audio