Checkpoint

A new two-year pharmacy degree is offering a fast-track into a profession in dire need of more staff. Waikato University said it provides a quicker pathway for registering overseas trained… Read more Audio

Rugby Canada has launched a fundraising campaign for their world number two ranked women's team with an aim of raising one million dollars. The Black Ferns are the reigning Rugby World Cup champions… Read more Audio

A Canterbury school for young parents is seeing a bump in enrolments, with mainly new mums wanting to return to class and finish their education. Karanga Mai Young Parent College in Kaiapoi near… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about the first hearing in New York of Mamoud Khalil, the Palestinian permanent US resident who the Trump administration is trying to… Read more Audio

Sky Sport is increasing the price of its sports package by about 12 percent. From May, a Sky Sport subscription will go up five dollars to $47 dollars a month. The price of the broadcaster's streaming… Read more Audio

United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about how the captain of the cargo ship that collided with an oil tanker in the North Sea has been arrested, a 26-year-old man will spend… Read more Audio

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

NZ Rugby is set to implement several changes including fewer players and smaller fields. It's a move that will likely shake up the junior rugby scene. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

A "David and Goliath" situation - that's how the defence for the 14-year-old accused of murdering a Dunedin student has summed up the case. The teen, who was 13 at the time, is accused of killing… Read more Audio

Marine precinct users in Tauranga say they feel misled by the mayor Mahe Drysdale. In a meeting in October last year, Mr Drysdale told commercial boat users that the sale of the land was a 'shit deal'… Read more Audio

After first being scheduled to meet last Tuesday for one of their regular catch ups, Education Minister Erica Stanford has finally met with the minister in charge of the revamped school lunch… Read more Audio

With its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective has turned to Australia to ensure it has enough meals - with the packaged goods flying in from across the ditch… Read more Audio