Checkpoint

It's being described as a major leap backwards in animal welfare in New Zealand, that is the resumption of live animal exports by sea. The SPCA is urging the Government to rethink its election promise… Read more Video, Audio

The biggest day in American sport, the Super Bowl, has been won in an over-time nailbiter by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have won back to back titles, making it their third Super Bowl win in 5… Read more Video, Audio

The government plans to repeal Labour's Three Waters legislation by the end of next week. The repeal will disestablish the planned ten water entities, instead keeping water assets in councils' hands… Read more Audio

Pest controllers have trapped close to 20 more rats since Friday at a South Dunedin supermarket, which remains closed for cleaning and monitoring. It comes as a new video shows a mouse scurrying… Read more Audio

Thousands of Auckland train commuters are having to find an alternative way home this afternoon with services cancelled because of 'heat' affecting the railway lines. Services on the Eastern, Western… Read more Video, Audio

In the true spirit of Burt Munro, two Wellingtonians will this weekend push their suped-up scooters to the max at an event carrying the motorcycling legend's name. Riding a heavily modified Lambretta… Read more Video, Audio

A new aerospace centre in Canterbury is expected to lift the local economy by up to a billion dollars and secure the local sector's talent in New Zealand. The Tawhaki National Aerospace Centre at… Read more Video, Audio

Aucklanders might soon be saving more money at the petrol pump, but some residents are wondering at what cost. The Government will end the city's regional fuel tax in June, saving drivers eleven and a… Read more Video, Audio

Imagine two months eating only what you can forage or hunt; crispy possum tails, rat or road kill anyone? Bay of Plenty hunter and "Keeping it Wild" YouTube sensation, Shay Williamson has done just… Read more Video, Audio

Football referees could have an extra card in their pocket this season as the sport trials the use of a blue card. Fifty-four years after yellow and red cards were first introduced, players who commit… Read more Video, Audio

An intensive 48 hour rat hunt gets underway this weekend at a rodent plagued Dunedin supermarket, that's been forced to close its doors in a bid to clear out the pests. Countdown Dunedin South has… Read more Video, Audio