Checkpoint

The Black Ferns Sevens have finally clinched a gold medal in this season's World Sevens Series. After getting a silver medal in Dubai and the bronze in Cape Town the women got the job done in… Read more Audio

The government is launching an inquiry into school property with an eye to scrapping potentially hundreds of building projects that it calls unrealistic and unaffordable. Announcing the inquiry today… Read more Audio

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of man near state housing units in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert. Detective Senior Sergeant Lisa Anderson says police were called… Read more Audio

Australian police investigating a double murder allegedly commited by one of their own now believe the bodies of the Sydney couple have been moved from their original dump site. Senior Constable Beau… Read more Audio

Victims of the Whakaari / White Island disaster have today described the physical and mental trauma that robbed them of ordinary lives. Six companies are being sentenced in the Environment Court in… Read more Audio

The motorsport industry is in mourning following yesterday's tragedy at the Arcadia Road Rallysprint event in Paparoa. Tributes are flowing for 15 year old driver Brooklyn Horan and his 35 year old… Read more Audio

The Government is launching an inquiry into the school property system, which it says is bordering on crisis with major cost blowouts and stalled projects. Earlier this month, RNZ revealed that the… Read more Audio

Just released figures show who splashed the campaign cash during last year election. Third party promoters or lobby groups spent a staggering thirteen times more last year compared to the 2020… Read more Audio

Political leaders and members of the community have been gathering in Auckland to pay their respects to Green MP Fa'nana Efeso Collins, who died last week. Fa'anana was taking part in a charity event… Read more Audio

New Zealand is back on the top of the world with the Black Ferns Sevens' title win, but the men weren't able make it double in Vancouver today. The Black Ferns Sevens' beat France 35-19 for their… Read more Audio

Let's get to the Middle East, correspondent Jacob Brown speaks to Lisa Owen. Audio

It's been a swift boost to Australia's economic offers, Taylor Swift that is. As she wraps up her Australian tour tonight, some estimates put the financial gains from her seven concert stint at up to… Read more Audio