Karen Brown

A row over the funding of the health system in Canterbury is becoming increasingly bitter. Audio

The government is expecting cash-strapped district health boards to save well over $100 million this year. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Audio

Pharmac is refusing to bow to pressure and be rushed into funding a new treatment for advanced melanoma. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Audio

A baby who died after losing a large amount of weight immediately after birth did not get the expert care he needed. Audio

The annual stocktake of doctors shows we have more of them, they're getting older, more are female and more are Maori. Audio

A family doctor facing serious criminal charges is fighting an attempt to prevent him from seeing patients until the case is decided. Audio

From January 18 next year John Campbell will be presenting Checkpoint on air and on our website from our Auckland studios. Audio

A manager at a major shopping centre says New Zealanders have spent strongly across the board this Christmas. Audio

A New Zealander labelled a ring-leader of the Christmas Island riot is mystified why, instead of being charged, he's been deported. Audio

Now at the opposite end of the country - heavy rain's flooded streets and some properties at Omaha Beach north of Auckland. Audio

Marlborough and Tasman are facing serious water shortages and residents are being urged to cut use. Audio

Marlborough and Tasman are facing serious water shortages and residents are being urged to cut use and many areas of the South Island are in extreme fire danger. Audio

The first national map of bee populations in the United States has revealed some worrying information. Audio

To the United States, where thousands of drone flyers are up in arms over a new registry meant to make the skies safer. Audio

Kim Dotcom's US lawyer is forecasting the extradition case will now go all the way to the Supreme Court and take up to another four years. Audio

Nurofen medication targetting specific pain will no longer be sold in the current packaging after the company agreed it could be misleading. Audio

It was the death that sparked the Christmas Island riot. Fazel Chegeni - a stateless, unschooled Kurd tortured in Iran, who became a boatperson and a refugee in Australia then a detainee locked in a… Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Around twenty trampers may need to be helicoptered out from Otaki Forks after cracks were discovered on a cliff face, forcing the closure of the only road into the area. Audio