Checkpoint for Tuesday 10 September 2024

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan spoke to Lisa Owen about a proposal to ban on teenagers from using social media gaining pace and a ban on online ads to gambling. Audio

5:37 PM.Thousands of Woolworths supermarket workers walked off the job for two hours today, protesting over pay and conditions amid rising levels of abuse. The strike action affected almost 200 shops between… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The White Ferns will be relying heavily on the experience of two veteran players, Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates, at next month's T20 World Cup in the UAE. Devine and Bates have both been selected for… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Waiheke residents with health issues said they're living in fear of what could happen without after-hours care. 9000 residents live on the island and currently have to call an ambulance in an… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.An Auckland school principal who's having to find up to twenty relief teachers a day says the shortage is putting too much pressure on staff and students and its only going to get worse, unless… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.More than two hundred central North Island mill workers have been told they are officially out of work. In what's been described as a devastating blow to the Ruapehu District, Winston Pulp confirmed… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Hundreds of people are set to lose their jobs after one of the Central North Island's biggest employers announced today it will close down two of its mills, for good. For the past few weeks, Winstone… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The defence for a man accused of multiple rape and sexual violation charges, says the jury needs to purely look at the facts of the case, and not whether they like the accused man, or approve of his… Read more Audio

4:35 PM."Preventable and predictable," are the words of a Rotorua Doctor who said the pressures on the hospital's emergency department were relayed to management - but nothing was done. Now staffing shortages… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Jamie Wall has arrived back from South Africa and spoke to Lisa Owen what's next for the All Blacks, after two defeats on the trot to the Springboks. Audio

4:25 PM.The goal of getting Aucklanders to halve their car use by 2030 is delusional and needs a complete rethink according to one councillor. The Council's Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway lays out a… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the second presidential debate and first meeting between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris set to kick off tomorrow. Audio

4:06 PM.Winstone Pulp has confirmed its two mills in the central north island are shutting for good. That means more than two hundred job loses and real fears communities will become ghost towns as people are… Read more Audio