Checkpoint for Friday 28 November 2025

5:55 PM.Checkpoint producer Johnny Sutherland Spoke to Lisa Owen about one Kiwi business that doesn't hop on the Black Friday sale bandwagon. Audio

5:44 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about two prisoners in France escaping by using bed sheets, as well as the UK's Labour government reversing a key promise on workers… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.The road to the 2027 Basketball World Cup starts for the Tall Blacks against their closest rivals in Hobart tonight. Home and away games against the Australian Boomers begin a qualification process… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Another day, another public service strike, with 2000 firefighters and 17,000 health workers walking off the job nationwide. For both members of the Professional Firefighters Union and the PSA, it was… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:16 PM.The New Zealand Transport Agency has doubled down on its stance that a braking system linked to six deaths is not inherently unsafe. The Coroner determined that these brakes, found in about 70,000… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.Police say they've busted up a major international crime syndicate trafficking massive amounts of drugs through Auckland Airport. They have arrested eight members of the Brotherhood 28 MC gang… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.The gigantic home retail store IKEA throws open its door next week in Mount Wellington, just off the city's southern motorway and a stone's throw from the Sylvia Park Mall. It's anticipated there will… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Riddled with anxiety, no sleep and no answers, some parents are still waiting to hear back from retailers about asbestos-contaminated children's coloured play sand. During the past two weeks there's… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.It would appear a cost of living crisis could be the perfect time to consider getting a tattoo. That's likely to be on the minds of the between four and six thousand people expected to cram into the… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Two of the biggest names in the Black Caps have backed a proposed T20 franchise competition in New Zealand. A bid by a private consortium to establish a new T20 competition has led to a power struggle… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.There's been a bit of good news for tenants lately, with more listings to choose from and rents softening. But while they might be more in the driver's seat, there are still rules they have to comply… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Asia correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about the death toll continuing to rise from the devastating apartment fires in Hong Kong, as well severe weather and flooding across Southeast Asia… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.E-scooters could be on the move into the bike lane if the government has its way. At the moment low powered e-scooters can be ridden on the footpath and also on the road, but not in dedicated cycle… Read more Audio