Checkpoint for Friday 29 August 2025

5:52 PM.Reserve Bank Chair Neil Quigley has resigned. Acting political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:46 PM.UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about European leaders expressing their outrage at Russia's deadliest attack on Kyiv in over a month, as well as councils in the UK that have issueed… Read more Audio

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

5:32 PM.The Black Ferns World Cup campaign continues in the early hours of Monday morning. New Zealand play their second pool match against Japan in Exeter, and are sweating on the fitness of three players… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The chorus of business leaders calling for something to be done to help Auckand out of a funk is growing. A major event can see businesses making a month's earning in just a night, according to… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Police have released footage of two hooded figures, believed to be fugitive father Tom Phillips and one of his children, breaking into a Piopio business. Phillips has been on the run in the remote… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.There is a stoush simmering over the crewing of Gisborne's fire station with the union claiming its has been left unstaffed. The union said for just over an hour yesterday there was no one at the main… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The Loafers Lodge murder trial today watched CCTV footage of a man setting a fire inside the Wellington boarding house on the evening it burned down. A 50-year-old-man, who has name suppression, is… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.One of the most anticpated test matches of the year is on the horizon, with the All Blacks set to take on the Springboks. There is a lot on the line as the traditional heavyweights of world rugby… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Investors hoping to bag a good deal when My Food Bag publicly listed four years ago may have been left with a bad taste in their mouth. Shares valued at $1.85 when it debuted on the New Zealand stock… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Arrests have been made in relation to the fatal shooting of two police officers in the rural Victorian town of Porepunkah. The manhunt for 56-year-old Desmond Filby, also known as Dezi Freeman, is in… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Has Auckland lost it's mojo? At over 6%, the super city has the highest unemployment rate in the country. Meanwhile, small businesses continue to struggle, with hopes now pinned on the Central Rail… Read more Audio