Checkpoint

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

Delegates at a political conference at Auckland University have been told laws to protect people from sexual offences in the Pacific Islands falls short of international best practice. Audio

The Ministry of Education and the Treasury are investigating the idea of the private sector building and maintaining new schools. Audio

The Northland man who will benefit from a proposed law change giving him the right to use a public slipway for his boatyard business says he believes he can now finally move forward, despite coming… Read more Audio

The Minister of Justice has brushed off calls for him to apologise and front up with evidence that South Auckland lawyers are rorting the system. Audio

Teachers have won a reprieve. For now they won't have to sign up to what they're calling a gagging clause - and it's thanks to the Minister of Education. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The U.S. President Barack Obama has told a forum on job creation in Washington that only the private sector can solve the problem of American unemployment. Audio

Senior doctors have been told to stop whingeing and help the health sector change in the face of unprecedented funding challenges. Audio

The possibility of fresh prospecting at the Talisman mine on the Coromandel Peninsula has been raised with the granting of a commercial gold mining permit. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

About 100 employees of a Delmaine Fine Foods subsidiary are being asked to move from Tauranga and Christchurch to Auckland, if they want to keep their jobs. Audio