Mark Gilbert

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to deliver her concession speech in about an hour after the emphatic re-election of Republican Donald Trump to the Presidency Audio

As the US Election enters the final stretch, former United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, Mark Gilbert joins us to give his take on how the vote will go. Audio

Christchurch Hospital's emergency department is again being overwhelmed by the numbers coming in for treatment.

On Tuesday 366 people arrived, and at 7pm there were 131 being cared for in the… Audio

Every year, around 6.5 million tyres reach the end of their lives in New Zealand and most get taken to landfills or illegally dumped. That's now set to change with the launch of New Zealand's first… Audio, Gallery

Canterbury has nearly three times the rate of new Covid-19 infections as Auckland but, so far, the main emergency department says it is coping well.

The number of new cases recorded in the region… Audio

National Party leader Christopher Luxon told RNZ he would scrap what he's calling the 'ute tax' if his party runs the next government.

Under the clean car subsidy the cleanest new cars, such as… Audio

The government has set aside $302 million to encourage low emissions vehicles and looks set to move on a feebate scheme, introducing incentives for electric vehicles and eventually a tax on gas… Audio

Children will miss out on specialised medical services they were to get for the first time in Canterbury and the District Health Board's health funding woes are to blame.

The district health board… Audio

New and better better emergency and acute care of children at Christchurch Hospital is not going to happen because there's no money to hire people to staff its new facilities.

The acting clinical… Audio

The Prime Minister has dismissed reports the government's electric vehicle subsidy plan has been halted in its tracks by New Zealand First. The Greens claimed on Friday the roll-out of the policy… Audio

One of the most comprehensive studies in the UK on EVS has outline that only 1 in 4 people would consider buying a fully electric car in the next five years. Range seems to be the major impediment.  Audio

There's around 13,800 electric vehicles or EVs on New Zealand roads, but any incentives to encourage more of them appears to be delayed. Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter had indicated a… Audio

US Ambassador to New Zealand, Mark Gilbert, is hosting a function at the St John's Bar in Wellington. He joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio