Checkpoint for Monday 17 April 2023

6:07 PM.The new boss of Auckland Transport aims to get ferry, bus and train use in the city back to pre-Covid levels in just eight months.

Dean Kimpton hops aboard as chief executive at time when more than… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 PM.The government's defending a blow out in communications staff - saying they're needed for direct engagement with the public.

National is accusing the government of overseeing a bloated bureaucracy… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.More than seven decades after her three brothers were murdered, Mihi Kui Edwards was to be reunited with her siblings.

She died, aged 89, in March 2021 and was to be buried with her slain siblings at… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The government has revealed plans to lower class sizes at primary and intermediate school levels.

Ratios will go from one teacher to 29 students to one to 28, for years 4 to 8. That means an extra… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Air NZ is refreshing its onboard menu for short hops, right through to long haul international.

Brace for the chips vs cookie debate and everything in between.

Air New Zealand's Leanne Geraghty… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.The All Blacks have locked in two players until the next World Cup in 20-27 but could face losing others to lucrative overseas offers.

Blues back and 59-Test All Black Reiko Ioane and Chiefs hooker… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.An epidemiologist says it's time to 'de-prioritise' the response to Covid 19 - a disease he says will now be no worse than the flu for the majority of the population.

There has been a surge in cases… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Police have this afternoon issued a plea for motorists to take better care on the roads, following the death of seven people in the space of 12 hours.

Superintendent Steve Greally says he feels for… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The government has unveiled plans to reduce primary school class sizes by just a single student. One teacher to 29 children is the current ratio for years 4 to 8.

The government plans to drop it to… Read more Video, Audio