Checkpoint for Friday 20 October 2023

5:55 PM.An investigation into the deaths of two port workers within six days of each other has found major safety issues within the stevedoring industry. Atiroa Tuaiti from Auckland and Don Grant from… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Banana importers are finding it harder to keep up with New Zealand's voracious appetite for them. Floods and droughts on South American plantations are limiting supply around the world. Felix Walton… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.A spate of baby penguin deaths has raised concerns there could be a repeat of a catastrophic breeding season of five years ago, where there were mass fatalities of korora. On Waiheke Island alone… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.A pizza shop worker swindled out of tens of thousands of dollars by his former employer says there's nothing left but for the man to go to jail. In October 2022, the Employment Relations Authority… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.The long weekend is almost upon us and there's finally some settled weather in Auckland at least, meaning some of us may be keen to get out in the water. But with the Parnell Poonami still fresh in… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Eden Park is in for an extravaganza of Pacific rugby league this weekend. The Kiwi and Tongan A sides kick off the Pacific Championships tomorrow afternoon, followed by the Kiwi Ferns taking on Mate… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Hawaiian Airlines is bailing out of New Zealand over winter at least, choosing to fly more lucrative Northern hemisphere routes following patchy kiwi demand for American sunnymoons. The service, which… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.The Middle East is on the "edge of an abyss". That's the warning from the United Nations. US President Joe Biden is asking for billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine and Israel, telling the… Read more Video, Audio