Checkpoint

New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are job less compared to this time last year, bringing the total to 143,000. Young people aged between 15 and 24 make up almost half of the… Read more Audio

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

New Zealand's most successful Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington begins her Paris campaign tonight - looking to add to her six kayak medals. The five time Olympic gold medallist will line up in the heats… Read more Audio

The Tertiary Education Minister is rejecting some costly expert advice on what's best for the future of controversial mega polytech Te Pukenga. The government's committed to disestablishing it and… Read more Audio

The Tangiwai and Karoio pulp and timber mills are owned by Winstone and employ around 300 people, mainly in the Ohakune area. However, the company said its electricty costs have gone up 600% since… Read more Audio

"Unite for Seniors," is a new nationwide campaign backed by the Retirement Village Residents members association, it believes the law favours village operators. Some residents who don't own their… Read more Audio

International nurses who answered New Zealand's call to come and work here have found themselves spending tens of thousands of dollars getting registered and applying for hundreds of jobs, but they… Read more Audio

A friend of retired Auckland eye surgeon Philip Polkinghorne has told a court that the doctor behaved unusually in the year leading up to Pauline Hanna's death. It's the second week of the murder… Read more Audio

Sports reporter Jamie Wall speaks to Lisa Owen about Shaun Johnson announcing his retirement with the Warriors and the most controversial storyline of the Olympics being the women's boxing. Audio

Have the stock market wobbles sent you scrambling to look at your Kiwisaver balance? Maybe, best just to look away, with investors being warned not to panic. This after US markets closed down this… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Zach Montellaro speaks to Lisa Owen about Kamala Harris' impending vice presidential pick announcement, how America's stock market has fared amid plunges in global stocks… Read more Audio

Whether you spread it on your toast, drop a dollop into the frying pan or use it for baking - butter is considered a must have in the pantry for many of us. But some shoppers in South Auckland said… Read more Audio