Checkpoint

Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a landslide in India claiming over 100 lives, protests against government job quotas in Bangladesh and a teenager in India becoming the… Read more Audio

Currently, 22 facilities are managed by the council but 20 are already managed by third-party providers. Tomorrow, councillors will vote on whether to fully outsource operations of the remaining… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the regional carrier Rex Airlines might be teetering on the brink of collapse. Audio

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

The men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics has been postponed as pollution levels in the River Seine remain too high. The race which was due to start at 6pm this evening but has now been postponed… Read more Audio

Crown prosecutor William Taffs told the court that John Muchirahondo is accused of sexually violating 15 women, many of whom he met at parties or out on the town. Mr Taffs says Mr Muchirahondo had sex… Read more Audio

At a press conference today, Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves said a scene examination on private farmland in Greenpark was still underway involving 60 police officers. A forensic post mortem is due… Read more Audio

In Thames, nurses have picketed outside the Thames Hospital to voice their frustration at what the union said is constant understaffing and increased workloads in the emergency department. Their… Read more Audio

Te Whatu Ora has ordered a hiring freeze for all non-frontline jobs, and has repeatedly denied it will affect any clinical roles. But one specialist, who doesn't want to be named, said a hospital job… Read more Audio

It's the second day of a high profile criminal trial of a retired surgeon accused of murdering his wife in their upmarket Auckland home and staging her death as a suicide. The High Court in Auckland… Read more Audio

Auckland Council is putting a home under the hammer because the owner owes $318,000 in overdue rates. Rates haven't been paid on the derelect property in Otara for 19 years. However, after years of… Read more Audio

The Health Minister said the country's hospital system remains in crisis but he can't put a number on how many are relying on overnight telehealth services in the face of doctor shortages. Both… Read more Audio