Checkpoint

Time to polish the crown: Winston Peters is Kingmaker again. The final election vote count means New Zealand First is no longer a nice to have, it's a must-have for National to form a government. The… Video, Audio

Act leader, David Seymour speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6340407548112 Video, Audio

A diver was lucky to lose only his flippers when he was attacked by what's believed to be a great white shark. The diver was part of a commercial crew collecting paua off the Wairarapa Coast yesterday… Audio

It's almost a clean sweep for Te Pati Maori, snatching another two maori electorate seats from Labour on the special vote count. On election night it was buzzing to secure four of the seven. But now… Video, Audio

Survivors have given harrowing accounts of the massacre at Al Noor Mosque on March 15, 2019. The inquest today heard from the survivors of the Christchurch terror attack. Two detailed their fruitless… Audio

So who's in and who's out? Final results showed Labour's Peeni Henare lose Tamaki Makaurau by just 4 votes and Labour's Helen White win Mt Albert by just 20 votes. Our reporter Louise Ternouth looks… Audio

National's "worst-case scenario" has become a reality - the party needs New Zealand First to form a government. After 20 long days of counting, re-counting and double checking ballots the final… Video, Audio

A pizza shop worker swindled out of tens of thousands of dollars by his former employer says there's nothing left but for the man to go to jail. In October 2022, the Employment Relations Authority… Audio

Hawaiian Airlines is bailing out of New Zealand over winter at least, choosing to fly more lucrative Northern hemisphere routes following patchy kiwi demand for American sunnymoons. The service, which… Video, Audio

The Middle East is on the "edge of an abyss". That's the warning from the United Nations. US President Joe Biden is asking for billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine and Israel, telling the… Video, Audio

One of the stars of yesterday's game would have to be young Leicester Fainga'anuku. Through a twist of fate and poor judgement by Mark Telea, who was dropped for breaching team rules, 24 year old… Video, Audio

Te Pati Maori's victorous election haul could have a knock on effect on coalition arrangements. The party won an unprecedented four of the seven Maori seats on Saturday and it's optimistic it could… Audio

Returning to our earlier story about post election limbo. The deadline for the Electoral Commission to count special votes, including overseas ballots, is Friday 13 November. It's estimated there's… Video, Audio

She calls herself the yoyo MP. But this time National's Maureen Pugh has sprung back into parliament in spectacular fashion apparently wrestling the long time red seat of West Coast Tasman off… Video, Audio

The election is done, now let the games begin. Early talks have started between National, ACT and New Zealand First - as they seek to form a governing arrangement. The result on election night gives… Audio