Checkpoint

Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts to succeed his father who was killed at the beginning of the latest conflict. It comes as the conflict in the middle east enters its tenth… Read more Audio

A Canterbury food producer believes the war in the Middle East is yet another blow to grain farmers who may already be considering bailing out after a few years of bad harvests. The conflict and the… Read more Audio

The centre of New Plymouth has been taken over by street artists, musicians, and a whole lot of spray paint this week. The Get Up Festival is back in town for the first time in more than a decade and… Read more Audio

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer holding a press conference on the situation in the Middle East, as well the world's most famous dog… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

A New Zealand alpine skiing duo will be flying the flag in Italy when the Winter Paralympics start this weekend. The highly experienced Adam Hall and Corey Peters are the only New Zealanders involved… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister says he is not considering stepping down after a sobering poll result that has the National party dropping into the twenties. Senior national ministers defended Christopher Luxon as… Read more Audio

A New Zealand logistics company estimates war surcharges could add up to ten million US dollars to its monthly freight costs. The Hormuz strait a vital shipping lane between Iran and Oman is current… Read more Audio

As Wellington grapples with a wastewater disaster that's pushing 70 million litres of untreated sewage into the sea each day, Christchurch's proposal to pump semi-treated sewage into the ocean for the… Read more Audio

The US Defense Secretary has said that fire power over Iran is about to surge dramatically. Pete Hegseth was speaking at a joint press conference with the head US Central Command, as Operation Epic… Read more Audio

A new election is confirmed for the Papatoetoe subdivision of the Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board, after a High Court judge upheld an earlier ruling that voided the outcome of the 2025 local body… Read more Audio

A former teacher struck off for sexual misconduct was working at an organisation for vulnerable youth for roughly five months, before a ruling detailing her offending was made public. The Teaching… Read more Audio