Checkpoint

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

The government says it remains focused on mitigating climate change impacts rather than preparing for climate refugees - despite a recent United Nations ruling.

In a landmark ruling, the UN has said… Read more Audio

Airports in Australia are the latest to begin screening passengers flying in from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where a pneumonia-like virus has infected hundreds of people.

The number of people in… Read more Audio

The destruction of Whānau Ora by stealth or a politically motivated public stoush - which is it?

A group of five prominent Māori kuia, including Dame Naida Glavish, Dame Tariana Turia,and Merepeka… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand firefighters who went over to the Australia to help with the bushfire effort have begun returning home.

RNZ reporter MacKenzie Smith was at Auckland Airport to hear of their experiences.

Parents and disability advocates say they are disappointed the government's overhaul of funded family care doesn't go far enough to fix some of the most critical problems in the system.

The changes… Read more Audio

Telecommunications company Vodafone is giving its more than 2,000 workers an extra incentive to finish the summer weeks early. It has announced it will let employees leave at 2pm on Fridays during… Read more Audio

Red tape, inflated land prices, rock-bottom interest rates, migration and speculation are fuelling New Zealand's runaway property market.

The 16th annual Demographia International Housing… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

A huge dust storm has swept through the Australian city of Dubbo, with a cloud hundreds of metres high causing damage to a school and local businesses.

Dramatic footage shows a wall of dust… Read more Video, Audio

For the first time Prince Harry has spoken publicly about his great sadness at being forced to give up his royal duties as part of an official exit deal.

At the weekend Buckingham Palace announced… Read more Video, Audio

The National Party says a burglary at its Auckland headquarters is a sinister start to election year.

Three laptops were taken from the office in Greenlane in the break in - yet other other items… Read more Video, Audio