Checkpoint

Attention's flicked to another channel with TVNZ announcing almost seventy people could lose their jobs. It comes a week after Newshub revealed plans to shut down its news and current affairs division… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about Super Tuesday, the person responsible for the misfired prop gun on Alec Baldwin's Rust film set and Donald Trump. Read more Audio

A free pass for big industry to bulldoze Aotearoa's precious natural environment. That's the Green Party's verdict on legislation that would give Government Ministers the power to push through… Read more Audio

New Zealand Rugby is investigating the controversy surround the Hurricanes women's team haka. In performing the haka ahead of their season opener against the Chiefs Manawa, the Poua altered their… Read more Audio

One of the country's longest running email services is about to start charging customers. Spark is introducing a charge for Xtra mail from the middle of May. The company says its costs to run the… Read more Audio

Sailor Tom Saunders has been battling for an Olympic place for more than a decade. Finally the 32 year old ILCA athlete has made it. A prodigiously talented youth sailor, Saunders went on to win the… Read more Audio

It's full steam ahead with the government's plan to send young offenders to boot camps, despite youth advocates' assurances it won't work. Children's minister Karen Chhour has announced a pilot of the… Read more Audio

Tertiary students have found way of cheating the loan system to get allowances of up to $300 a week, even if they're already getting big handouts from their parents. Checkpoint has also learned that… Read more Audio

The answer to desperate families living in emergency motels or simply sending them to another virtual waiting room? The coalition government is setting up what it calls a "Priority One" category, that… Read more Audio

While much of the country has been tightening its belt, and pulling back on retail therapy, it appears Southland shoppers are bucking the trend. Figures released by ASB show retail spending… Read more Audio