18K views · 108 reactions | From reading and maths to behaviour, low decile schools generally have worse results than high-decile ones, though the gap is closing. As part of RNZ's election year series, John Gerritsen spent a day with two girls attending schools at opposite ends of the decile spectrum. | Checkpoint | Facebook

9.3K views · 217 reactions | A teenager has completed a mammoth feat - rowing 1000 kilometres around the top of New Zealand. Nineteen-year-old Ben Mason has spent three weeks at sea raising more then $20,000 for the Breast Cancer Foundation. It's a cause close to his heart - after it took the life of his mum when he was just six years old. | Checkpoint | Facebook