Checkpoint for Wednesday 1 October 2025

5:45 PM.UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party Conference speech, the Royal Mail's response to increasing demand for parcel delivery and a Ryanair flight that… Read more Audio

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

5:29 PM.Long-serving Football Fern Ali Riley has endured what she's described as a year from hell. Months battling a chronic nerve injury that she was stuggling to find answers about, as well as losing her… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Auckland Council's seeking feedback on plans to test a new scheme over six months, starting in February next year, but only in select suburbs. In those areas household rubbish bins will move to… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The government has released a plan to address high energy and power prices that have become crippling for some homes and businesses. The independent report by Frontier Economics made some bold… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Carter Holt Harvey confirmed yesterday that it will be closing its Tokoroa Plywood Plant... leaving 119 workers without a job. It comes just months after the town's paper mill closed its doors… Read more Audio

4:44 PM."Predictably underwhelming," "lacking in bold action," and "defined by what's missing rather than what's included." Those are some of the dim reviews of the government's new energy security plan. An… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Nurses at Thames Hospital say they're still facing understaffing and under resourcing within the wards, Emergency Department and District Nursing team. Last year Thames Hospital nurses picketed for 21… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.The home summer of cricket kicks off this evening in Mount Maunganui. In a trans-Tasman double-header, both the Black Caps and White Ferns will meet their Aussie rivals on the same night, however they… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Nico the Great has been nicking knickers in Hamilton. For the record Nico is a cat burglar, an actual cat that is a burglar; apparently sneaking onto people's properties day and night collecting their… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Asia correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about the rising death toll after a large earthquake in the Philippines, ongoing recovery efforts after a boarding school collapsed in Indonesia and… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Almost two dozen sunscreens in Australia have been recalled, paused or are under review because of concerns over their SPF ratings. Some of them are available in New Zealand or can be bought online… Read more Audio