Checkpoint for Thursday 31 January 2019
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Christchurch volunteers begin training to work with refugees
6:26 PM.Christchurch is preparing to welcome the first refugees to settle in the city since the 2010 earthquake, but it needs more volunteers to help them transition into their new lives. Audio
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Young people leaving state care with little support
6:22 PM.Young people leaving care are three times more likely to end up in hospital before they turn 20 than those who haven't been in care, and 10 times more likely to be involved in minor offending. A new… Read more Audio
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Councils can’t tackle climate change alone – LGNZ
6:15 PM.A new report from Local Government New Zealand shows $8b of council-owned assets would be at risk with a sea level rise of one and a half metres, and insurers are warning that's just the start. Audio
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EMA: Fair pay agreements not fair to bosses
6:08 PM.A working group led by former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has released a report setting out ways to lift wages and improve working conditions, including fair pay agreements. But Employment and… Read more Video, Audio
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Defence Force embraces new approach to combat substance abuse
5:47 PM.The Defence Force is softening its stance towards drugs and alcohol and is spending more than $600,000 to do so. Audio
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Pool prices in Ngāruawāhia slashed to keep kids off rail tracks
5:43 PM.The Ngāruwāhia Community Board has made its local pools cheaper by 50% in an effort to stop people jumping of a rail bridge where an 11-year-old was killed last year. Video, Audio
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Tiny Ponsonby section ‘only $750,000’
5:36 PM.Deep in the heart of Auckland's posh Ponsonby is 95sqm of vacant residential land….and it could be yours for $750,000. Real estate agent Craig Watkins shows Lisa Owen around the tiny empty lot… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Thurs 31 Jan
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Teachers censured for pushing or pulling children
5:27 PM.Two primary school teachers have been censured for pushing or pulling young children, reigniting debate about when teachers should be able to handle students. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Audio
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Going skiing in the midst of a heatwave
5:25 PM.Where's the coldest place to escape the heatwave in New Zealand? We got reporter Alex Perrottet to find out. Video, Audio
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US weather reporter explains just how freezing it is
5:19 PM.Jonathan Petramala is a weather reporter for Accu weather in Chicago where it took just five minutes outside for his pants to freeze solid during his broadcast earlier today. He told Lisa Owen via… Read more Video, Audio
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Temperatures drop to -48C in America’s Midwest
5:16 PM.Blistering cold weather in America has made some parts of the country almost 20 degrees colder than Antarctica. As Bridget Burke reports, it's so cold that people are being told not to breathe too… Read more Video, Audio
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Cancer patient’s wife tells government it’s ‘failed’ NZ
5:12 PM.The wife of a terminally ill cancer patient says the government has failed her husband - and many others - by not having an adequate cancer plan. Melissa Vining was speaking at a cancer conference in… Read more Video, Audio
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Employers fight back against proposed industrial agreements
5:08 PM.Employers are pushing back against being locked into industrial agreements that would set minimum pay and conditions across whole sectors. The full recommendations about what those agreements should… Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint for Thursday 31st January, 2019
5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video
