Checkpoint

ACT says the government is adding pressure on the cost of living - not relieving it. Party leader David Seymour talks to Lisa Owen. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

Grant Robertson's sixth budget headlines with a pitch to young families - extending 20 hours free early childcare to two-year-olds. Continuing with the young person theme - the government's also… Read more Video, Audio

National is calling Budget 2023 a "blowout budget". The party's deputy leader and finance spokesperson Nicola Willis talks to Lisa Owen. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says there's something in Budget 2023 for everyone. He joins Lisa Owen, live from Parliament. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6327721986112 Video, Audio

The government's making prescriptions free - saying an estimated three million people will no longer have to worry about the cost of collecting their medicine. It says there were more than 135,000… Read more Video, Audio

Early Childhood Council chief executive Simon Laube is welcoming the extension of 20 free hours to two year olds in early childhood education. He told Checkpoint there'll be a lot of two-year-olds in… Read more Video, Audio

Young families are the target of Budget 2023, with a promise to extend the 20 free hours subsidy to two year olds - but only from March 2024. Children under 13 will travel free on public transport… Read more Video, Audio

Children have suffered "traumatic" injuries, needing amputations, after a harrowing school bus crash in Melbourne. Nine children were rushed to hospital, with many needing emergency surgery, after the… Read more Audio

Meanwhile one tech leader at an Auckland school says teachers need to be wary of relying on AI checking tools to tell if students are using programs like ChatGPT to write assignments. Luka Forman… Read more Audio