Checkpoint

Asia Correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a powerful typhoon making its way to Taiwan, Beijing wanting to be a peacemaker and the US elections and particularly Donald Trump's… Read more Audio

Erica Stanford is the Lead Coordination Minister for the Government's Response. She spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about whether the government is going to follow through on Judge Shaw's call to hold… Read more Audio

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry has found at least 200,000 children, young people and adults have been abused in state or faith-based care. The Royal Commission's final report - and its… Read more Audio

The Deloitte report, commissioned by Westpac, found less than 60% of New Zealanders own their home and that this number will continue to decline based on current trends. It comes as Westpac pledges to… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about while the cyber security company Crowdstrike has taken responsibility of last Friday's global outage, there are growing concerns… Read more Audio

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

The Pulse will host the ANZ Premiership grand final after beating the Tactix in Wellington last night. The win also means the Pulse have avoided an elimination final against the defending champion… Read more Audio

Speaker Gerry Brownlee was doing over time responding to points of order as MPs descended into a game of tit-for-tat over who made the more unparliamentary remark. Political editor Jo Moir was in the… Read more Audio

About 500 families in rural Hawkes Bay are facing an uncertain future because the bus service taking their kids to school is being cancelled by the Ministry of Education. Some parents are in tears -… Read more Audio

A senior public health physician said the government is trying to focus attention exclusively on the performance of Te Whatu Ora as a distraction from what actually needs to be addressed, Dr Belinda… Read more Audio

Health New Zealand's new commissioner said the organisation has become too large and too unaffordable - and wants it re-focused on the frontline and regional delivery. Professor Lester Levy has been… Read more Audio

The money is a fraction of the one billion dollars a year Kiwis spend on merchant service fees using the Mastercard and Visa payment networks. The Commission said Paywave's 2% surcharge is… Read more Audio