Follow this podcast
Direct XML Feeds
The link(s) below can be pasted into your podcasting software.
Podcast (MP3) Oggcast (Vorbis)
Recent items from Checkpoint
-
Bruce McLaren's replica race car on display
6:23 PM.The replica of the first car raced by Bruce McLaren featured in last year's documentary about the legendary Kiwi-born Formula One driver has just gone on display at the Southward Car Museum, north of… Read more Video, Audio
-
Lower Hutt businesses gutted by fire
6:13 PM.A massive fire in Lower Hutt ripped through a commercial building today, destroying at least two businesses. Tests are being done to establish if damage to its asbestos roof is a public health risk. Video, Audio
-
Nurse left alone to keep baby alive
6:08 PM.A nurse tells John Campbell she was left alone for 50 minutes to keep a newborn baby alive as her calls for help went unanswered. Video, Audio
-
Joseph Parker promising heavyweight boxing fireworks
5:51 PM.Joseph Parker will head into the ring with Dillian Whyte in London on Sunday for his first fight since losing to Anthony Joshua. If he's successful he'll have a shot at reclaiming the world title he… Read more Audio
-
Questions start as Greece searches for survivors
5:49 PM.Grief is giving way to anger in Greece, as rescuers search the blackened land for bodies, and any miraculous survivors, three days after a wildfire destroyed a village outside Athens killing at least… Read more Video, Audio
-
23 percent of women drink during first trimester
5:40 PM.Nearly a quarter of women drink alcohol during the first three months of pregnancy, with some drinking heavily, and 13 percent continued to drink further into pregnancy, a longitudinal study has… Read more Audio
-
Evening business for Fri 27 July
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
-
Fonterra chair quits for health reasons
5:33 PM.Fonterra chair John Wilson has resigned for health reasons. Video, Audio
-
Stickergate - Do we need stickers on fruit?
5:25 PM.They're small in isolation, but when added up stickers from fruit are leaving a massive environmental footprint. Zac Fleming meets a man who is on a crusade to change that. Read more Video, Audio
-
New Accord won’t change vote, nurses say
5:20 PM.A nurse and moderator of the Facebook page 'NZ, please hear our voice' says an Accord on safe staffing will just tell health managers what nurses already know - that they're understaffed. Video, Audio
-
Health Minister introduces Accord to improve nurses’ safe staffing levels
5:18 PM.Health Minister David Clark has formed an Accord, to be signed by the ministry, nurses' union and DHBs, to address nurses' safe staffing levels. Video, Audio
-
Teen will spend minimum 11 years in prison for murder
5:14 PM.Rosie Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 30-year-old Indian national, Sandeep Dhiman, who she met on Tinder. Audio
-
DOC plans to meet Matt Lauer in person over easement debate
5:09 PM.DOC's Director General Lou Sanson says Hunter Valley Station leasee, American millionaire Matt Lauer, is being open and encouraging about access and the application for an easement should be put on… Read more Audio
-
1000 to leave Ambae island due to intensifying ash
6:26 PM.Up to 1000 people on Vanuatu's Ambae are set to leave the island because of concerns of intensifying ash fall from the Manaro volcano. Audio
-
Hutt Valley residents up in arms over new ecological designation
6:20 PM.Hutt Valley residents are up in arms at new ecological protection designations which the city council has placed on some private properties in the area. Audio
-
Locals take heart at setback for Tegel mega farm in Northland
6:17 PM.Northland residents who dread the prospect of living near New Zealand's biggest chicken farm are celebrating after the project struck a serious glitch. Audio
-
Courier drivers could take class action over independent contracts
6:08 PM.Former Chief Judge of New Zealand's Employment Court Graeme Colgan told John Campbell courier drivers could test their case in court. Video, Audio
-
Mars underground lake raises possibility of life
5:57 PM.Scientists say they've spotted what appears to be a sizable salt-laden lake under ice on the southern polar plain of Mars, raising the possibility of life on the Red Planet. Jillian Kitchener reports.
… -
NZNO encourages nurses to accept DHBs latest offer
5:49 PM.The Nurses Organisation is urging members to accept the latest offer from DHBs, describing it as "outstandingly good". But it's unclear whether nurses will toe the line, given signs of ongoing anger… Read more Audio
-
Government sets target for pay equality
5:46 PM.The government says times-up for the civil service when it comes to pay inequality - saying it has until the end of 2020 to end pay discrimination against women. Video, Audio
-
Murder-accused's lawyer argues killing wasn't premeditated
5:42 PM.The jury in a Hamilton murder trial has heard murder-accused Cory Jefferies allowed his young daughter to text her dead mother, knowing she was rotting in her car at the bottom of a lake. Audio
-
Evening business for Thursday 26 July
5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
-
Sir Ray Avery "gutted" Eden Park concert won’t go ahead
5:28 PM.Sir Ray Avery, who was trying to organise a charity concert at Eden Park says he's gutted it won't go ahead now Eden Park Trust Board has withdrawn its support. Video, Audio
-
Helen Clark pleased Eden Park concert won't go ahead
5:22 PM.The Eden Park Trust Board has withdrawn its application to hold a charity concert at the famous Auckland venue, on Waitangi Day next year. Helen Clark, who was opposed to the concert, talks to John… Read more Video, Audio
-
Independent courier drivers could take class legal action
5:09 PM.A former Chief Judge of the Employment Court says it would be "worthwhile" for independent contract courier drivers to take class legal action if they can prove they earn less than the minimum wage. Read more Audio