Checkpoint

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

The countdown is on to May mayhem on sports fields and courts around the country. It's the month when a bunch of us lace up our boots for the start of the amateur club season - boots that probably… Read more Video, Audio

Checkpoint can reveal outgoing Labour MP Louisa Wall will earn up to $210,000 in her new role as a gender equality ambassador - a job that was not advertised.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and… Read more Video, Audio

A grieving mother says Auckland Transport needs to do more to keep cyclists safe - after two deaths in the past two months.

Levi James died after being hit by a truck near the Royal Oak roundabout in… Read more Audio

New Zealand Rugby's released its long awaited report into the culture in the Black Ferns.

The review was sparked, in part, by an Instagram post by one of the players - Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate.

In… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland retailers have been hit by three more ramraid style robberies within 24 hours, sparking calls for greater police patrols in Auckland CBD.

Two of the raids saw vehicles driven through the… Read more Video, Audio

The marine sector estimates it has lost 600 million dollars worth of superyacht maintenance work and associated spending during the pandemic.

The Marine Industry Association says that other countries… Read more Audio

Pack up and leave, or we'll move you on - that's the message from the Dunedin City Council to a small group of protesters that have occupied the Octagon for almost two months.

The group began the… Read more Audio

A decrease in house prices and an increase in supply has turned the market in favour of buyers.

But with the average house in New Zealand still costing one million dollars it's not easy to get a foot… Read more Audio

Modern slavery isn't just happening in dark corners in far away places.

The government is proposing a new law that could force companies to weed out worker exploitation and slavery from their supply… Read more Video, Audio

For the first time in US history a black woman is set to become a Supreme Court judge.

The Senate has confirmed President Biden's nominee - Ketanji Brown Jackson's appointment by 53 votes to 47.

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The Kremlin has released a blacklist of prominent New Zealanders - including the Prime Minister - banning them from entering Russia.

Along with Jacinda Ardern, the list includes all MPs, the… Read more Audio