Checkpoint for Thursday 16 June 2022

5:08 PM.Tumultuous markets have seen thousands of dollars shaved off people's KiwiSaver balances recently.

Wall street plunged into a bear market on Monday. Today the US Federal reserve hiked interest rates… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The timeline for Auckland's City Rail Link project is to be reassessed, as businesses trading alongside a giant trench on Albert St continue to struggle.

Some businesses told Checkpoint upcoming rent… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The tourism sector is celebrating the end of pre-departure tests for travellers.

From Tuesday the requirement is gone. The government says it's now more hassle than it's worth.

But the Opposition… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.This year's influenza vaccine rollout has struck the one million mark, and ministers celebrating the milestone today are keen to keep up the momentum.

But it comes as healthcare workers grapple with… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.China's creeping influence in the Pacific was front-and-centre as the New Zealand and Australian foreign ministers met in Wellington today.

It was the first official sit-down between Nanaia Mahuta… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.A reported truce between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen is considered an 'incredibly tricky' achievement.

In the past month, tense turf wards in Auckland and Northland have boiled over to gun violence… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.A building supporting the rainbow community in Tauranga has been destroyed in a possible arson.

Gender Dynamix helps the Transgender and Non-binary community and also functions as the Rainbow Youth… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Teachers have racked up nearly twice as many sick days as normal, and at some schools it is breaking the bank.

Principals warn their budgets for relief teachers are overspent by thousands of dollars… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.For more than two weeks an inquest into the death of a Palmerston North mental health ward patient has examined events leading to his suspected suicide.

Today, the hearing was told about a different… Read more Audio

5:56 PM.Unprecedented early season snowfall & the return of tourists have combined for the perfect opening day to Queenstown's ski season.

Reporter, Timothy Brown, and camera operator, Nathan McKinnon… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Checkpoint has recently been reporting on the GP shortage that's forcing some of you to travel hundreds of kilometres to see a doctor or in some cases wait months to get enrolled in a local clinic.

… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.A woman abused in foster care in the late 1990s has told the Royal Commission into Abuse in care that one placement she was in was a house of horrors.

Known only as Mrs E.J, she first went into care… Read more Audio