Checkpoint for Wednesday 20 August 2025

5:43 PM.UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about a temporary high court injuction to remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Essex which has caused controversy, as well as some children on… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.A disability support service is worried the government could be about to cut a travel subsidy that helps people with disabilities get where the need to be. The Total Mobility Scheme is jointly funded… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Members of the secondary teachers' union swapped classrooms for picket lines today. The one-day strike closed many schools as the Post Primary Teachers Association tried to pressure the government… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The Reserve Bank's economic report card is out. Wholesale interest rates dropped 25 basis points to 3%, but inflation us expected to rise to 3% in September and hit its 2% sweet spot until mid next… Read more Audio

5:04 PM.Tickets for the Women's Rugby World Cup are being snapped up in record numbers. The final at Twickenham is set to be played in front of more than 80,000 fans, a nearly 3000% increase in crowd numbers… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.A new scheme aims to cut out supermarkets and get the fruit and vegetables grown next door or down the road onto people's plates. A group of charities in Wellington is working to source produce direct… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.The age limits on New Zealand working holiday visas are "antiquated" according to a 77 year old year Waikato woman, who has regularly traveled overseas on working holidays. At the moment working… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.A looming deadline hangs over a group of homeless people living on a church's grounds. Advocates said those living in a carpark at Holy Trinity Avonside in Christchurch have nowhere else to go. But… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.New Zealand mother Sarah Shaw has described her traumatic ordeal in United States immigration detention, where she and her son were held for three weeks after a visa mix up at the US-Canada border… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.A year on from their most successful Olympics, Canoe Sprint New Zealand is using this week's World Champs as a chance to build and evolve. A team of 13 paddlers will line-up in Milan, Italy, including… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.A soldier with links to far-right groups and who thought he was spying on New Zealand for a foreign power was sentenced today for attempted espionage.At a court martial at Linton Military Camp near… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about China and India trying to warm up relations after years of frosty tensions, as well as a Peruvian woman who has been accused of smuggling drugs… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A proposed law that would make it easier for people to get spare parts and patch up their appliances appears to be on the scrap heap itself. Despite 95% of submitters supporting the Right to Repair… Read more Audio

6:55 AM.Business News with Anan Zaki. Audio