Checkpoint for Thursday 15 May 2025

5:44 PM.Perceived "wealthy" people with more than $3 million in their superannuation accounts are getting edgy about a proposed new tax that might see them pay more. The new tax managed to avoid scrutiny… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.After a five year absence, the squad gathered for the first time in Auckland to bless their new official headquarters. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:26 PM.Students and industry experts on the ever changing television, film and advertising landscape in Aotearoa say it's rough out there but there is a lot of opportunity. With advertising budgets getting… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Has the House of Representatives devolved into a House of Chaos? That's the charge from the Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters - who's decrying flagrant rule-breaking and recent explicit language in… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Oranga Tamariki has cut spending on services to met budget targets without properly assessing what the fall out would be for vulnerable children and their families, including more tamariki in care… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.'Timaru Boutique' advertised a closing down sale on Facebook recently - saying that after 10 beautiful years it's closing its doors. But Timaru Boutique doesn't really exist. It has a Facebook page… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Rangatahi advocates and mental health workers are calling for urgent action to reduce New Zealand's alarmingly high suicide rates among Maori and Pasifika youth. A just-released UNICEF report ranked… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.The Serious Fraud Office has launched a new online platform for anonymous reporting of suspected foreign bribery. The reporting tool unveiled as part of a national campaign to raise awareness and to… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Black Ferns star Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is set to play her first international for the side since the 2022 World Cup final. Woodman-Wickliffe came out of retirement in April, and has been named on… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.How much would you spend on a pie, not one that comes in a bag and is served with tomato sauce, but a posh one? At Hamilton restaurant Thyme Square, the Beef Wellington costs $98. Chef Logan Murray… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.In Qatar's capital, Doha, his limo got a special camel escort - but it was his meeting with Syria's new President that has grabbed a lot of the attention with Trump even describing Ahmed Al Sheraa as… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A sweary few days in politics has raised questions about the use of the C word. Minister Brooke van Velden dropped the verbal grenade in Parliament in protest over the slur being directed at her and… Read more Audio