Checkpoint

Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a budget blowout.

Costs for the build have gone up 71 percent, sparking fears about how officials will respond.

Our reporter… Audio

The Breakers have one last chance to finish the Australian National Basketball League season with the silverware.

The best-of-five series is locked at 2-all ahead of tonight's winner-take-all game in… Video, Audio

Auckland's City Rail Link has had another budget blowout, and is now asking for another billion dollars.

The project got underway in 2017, with a price tag of $3.4 billion.

It will now cost at least… Video, Audio

National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks to Lisa Owen about Labour Minister Stuart Nash losing the police ministerial role.

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A phone call with a mate has ended Stuart Nash's second turn as Police Minister.

The problem is, that mate was Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. An error of judgement - is how the Prime Minister's… Audio

The lower North Island town of Foxton is about to have a clearer horizon as dis-used trolley bus lines come down.

Their removal, after a court case, ends any nostalgic hope of the former tourist… Video, Audio

Western Springs Stadium is closed for the foreseeable future after significant flooding damage, with no guarantee of when it will reopen.

The stadium is home to numerous concerts, Auckland speedway… Video, Audio

More than 30 years since the murders of the Swedish backpackers Heidi Paakkonen and Urban Hoglin, a journalist from their home country is in Aotearoa, re-investigating the Coromandel killings.

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Some properties in the Muriwai exclusion zone have had their red sticker status reviewed following new information that landslides in the area appear to be slowing down.

More than 125 properties in… Video, Audio

Coach Gary Stead has deflected any criticism of the ageing Black Caps squad after yesterday's final ball win over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Christchurch.

On his 37th birthday injured New Zealand… Video, Audio

Labour's policy bonfire has left its potential government partners feeling burned.

The Greens believe yesterday's announcement was a breach of their co-operation agreement with Labour.

And Te Pāti… Audio

Freight trucks can finally move along a critical supply route for Hawke's Bay, much to the relief of local businesses.

Vital supply convoys have begun along State Highway 5 from Napier to Taupō after… Audio

Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says 75 houses are without power, 165 houses in the wider area are without water, and 20 homes only have pedestrian access after the landslip at Point Howard today.

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A landslip has taken out powerlines, gas and water in Lower Hutt. Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry says 75 houses are without power, 165 houses in the wider area are without water, and 20 homes only… Video, Audio

Some civil defence centres in Auckland are closing their doors, despite hundreds of people still without housing.

So far, MBIE has housed around 500 households, and another 500 are on its temporary… Video, Audio

In Hawke's Bay orchardists working to clear silt from their properties have gone from fighting the dust to fighting the mud, with rain now hampering clean-up efforts.

For many the work is urgent… Audio

Gerard Bellam from the MetService explains what is happening with the thunderstorms over Auckland. Video, Audio

Let's move north now where a slow thunderstorm has brought torrential rain over Mangawhai, Wellsford and Te Arai north of Auckland.

Mike Howard is a councillor for Kaiwaka-Mangawhai. He's been doing… Video, Audio

A new emergency alert has been sent to people's phones in the north and west of Auckland, warning of landslides and flash flooding brought on by "high intensity localised downpours".

It also warns… Video, Audio