Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 June 2022

5:08 PM.As hospitals and GPs around the country say they are cracking under the pressure, the Health Minister denies the sector is at crisis point.

Primary carers and hospitals nationwide say chronic staff… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.East Auckland residents say they have been bounced between clinics and are waiting hours on end for urgent after-hours health care.

The population in the area is an estimated 140,000 people, but… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Fletcher Building is being asked not to enforce its GIB plasterboard trademarks for at least a year to help ease the supply crisis.

Fletcher controls about 95 percent of the plasterboard market and… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Rock-bottom consumer confidence has economists talking about the R word - recession.

The Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index out today shows consumers have never been as hesitant -… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.The Firefighters Union says the closure of fire stations because of staff shortages is becoming routine, rather than extraordinary or exceptional.

"FENZ just failed to employ enough firefighters to… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The new Police Minister acknowledges crime statistics will be a partial measure of whether he's making a difference in the job.

Chris Hipkins has taken over from Poto Williams who was moved on… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Crowds of people gathered at Takaparawhau Bastion Point this morning to observe Matariki and welcome the Māori New Year.

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held an umu kohukohu whetū - a traditional ceremonial… Read more Audio