Checkpoint

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

New Zealand's last game in the 50-over format was almost a year ago, a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in Napier on 23 December, sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

The nationwide hikoi for te Tiriti is slowly making its way through Auckland to Parliament. The hikoi which set out from Cape Reinga two days ago today retraced the footsteps of past Maori protest… Read more Audio

Coldplay are performing at Auckland's Eden Park tonight, and 150,000 fans will descend on the super-city over the next few days. The British pop-rock band is playing the first of three concerts… Read more Audio

A Napier dentist is considering moving shop because of increasing aggressive and antisocial behaviour in what was once a peaceful central city square. Local businesses reckon there's been a rapid… Read more Audio

The government has launched a pilot programme aimed at getting single or childless long term emergency housing tenants out of the likes of motels and into permanent homes. The two year trial will… Read more Audio

Burma the elephant is unpacking her trunk after arriving in Australia following an epic journey across the ditch to her new home near Adelaide. The 42 year old Asian elephant had been on her own at… Read more Audio

The driver of a car that collided with a train in Hamilton today is one of two survivors that police want to speak to. Three people died in the crash which happened at 4.30 this morning, Natalie… Read more Audio

The government is trying a new approach to get people who have been in emergency accomodation for a long time into more stable housing. Two providers - Wellington City Mission and Emerge Aotearoa in… Read more Audio

Eagle-eyed Football Ferns kicked off a shake-up of Canada Soccer that has wide-ranging consequences. A scandal unfolded when drones were spotted being flown over practice sessions ahead of the… Read more Audio

An international aid agency is calling for Israel to be held accountable for alleged war crimes following attacks on dozens of hospitals and clinics in Lebanon and the deaths of almost 100 healthcare… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about what a second Trump presidency mean for nations across Asia and students in China, who's simple mission to get dumplings descended into complete… Read more Audio