Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 March 2022

5:07 PM.The drive to school, or lunch when the kids get there. Filling the car or feeding the whānau.

Bills or ballooning debt. Families across Aotearoa are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.A number of big name western brands have added to the Kremlin's global isolation over its invasion of Ukraine.

McDonalds and Starbucks will temporarily close stores in Russia, while Pepsi and… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.Isolation times for Covid cases is being cut from 10 days to seven.

It's to help keep the wheels turning around country as more people with the virus and their household contacts are stuck at home… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The remains of eight Pike River miners have now been found as a borehole drilling investigation into the 2010 explosion comes to an end.

The criminal investigation into the mining disaster which… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Wellington Airport wants to abort the landing of a pedestrian crossing and traffic lights on a nearby road.

But local cycling and pedestrian advocates say their safety shouldn't be up for debate.

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5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6300088793001 Video, Audio

5:37 PM.While Labour leader and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won't call the current cost of living a "crisis", Labour MP Tamati Coffey described the situation in Aotearoa as an "inequity crisis".

Earlier… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.Adoption practices have come under the scrutiny of the Abuse in Care Royal Commission today.

The commission has held a special hearing into the experiences of Māori in state and faith-based care.

It… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Ever been up to your elbows in scone or biscuit mix and discovered a vital ingredient missing? Ever wished you could magic it up?

A supermarket chain in Australia just might have the solution -… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.The government has slashed the isolation requirements for Covid cases by almost a third - as the rapacious spread of Omicron threatens to grind businesses to a halt.

More than 22,000 new cases were… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.The Australian Prime Minister has declared a national emergency in response to the catastrophic floods on the east coast.

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