Checkpoint for Thursday 27 March 2025

5:43 PM.A pre-election cash-splash is ramping up in Australia ahead of the country's upcoming federal election, as the Albanese Government offers tax cuts and the Opposition counters with their own plan to… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.Under-fire New Zealand Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson is reportedly getting some backing from an unusual source - fellow Red Bull Racing driver and four time world champion Max Verstappen. Just two… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.There's been public outcry after an RNZ time capsule was opened 25 years earlier than it should have been after Parliament's security services feared it could be a bomb. After carefully opening the 20… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.Auckland Council has overwhelmingly decided to vote in support of plans to upgrade Eden Park. Auckland Council's been debating which option it wants to back - the other main one being a Waterfront… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The Queenstown Lakes District Council said it's being forced to use emergency powers to pump 12,000 cubic metres of effluent into the Shotover each day. At the moment the treated sewage is discharged… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.Is a new waterfront stadium on the cards for Auckland or will Eden Park get a revamp? Auckland Council is currently debating which option it wants to back - with councillors spending the last hour… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.A champion of the Kaimanawa wild horses said she may have to foster a hundred from the herd with a DOC cull scheduled for next month and a shortage of people wanting to give the ponies homes. The… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.Richard Agar was fined and suspended after he physicaly assaulted a journalist in Las Vegas back on March 2. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:29 PM.Richard Agar was fined and suspended after he physicaly assaulted a journalist in Las Vegas back on March 2. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:24 PM.It's been revealed the illegal pirate site Lib Gen has hoovered up thousands of books written by New Zealand authors. Some of that work is now being copied by Meta and other AI companies allegedly in… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Sparks are still flying after the messaging misfire from Trump's war cabinet. The journalist at the centre of it all - has released all of the messages about the planned military strikes on Houthi… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Some Auckland homeowners have found themselves on the wrong side of the fence, when it comes to council regulations. Several in Point Chevalier have recieved infringement notices asking them to lower… Read more Audio