Checkpoint

UK correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about a temporary high court injuction to remove asylum seekers from a hotel in Essex which has caused controversy, as well as some children on… Read more Audio

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

A disability support service is worried the government could be about to cut a travel subsidy that helps people with disabilities get where the need to be. The Total Mobility Scheme is jointly funded… Read more Audio

Members of the secondary teachers' union swapped classrooms for picket lines today. The one-day strike closed many schools as the Post Primary Teachers Association tried to pressure the government… Read more Audio

The Reserve Bank's economic report card is out. Wholesale interest rates dropped 25 basis points to 3%, but inflation us expected to rise to 3% in September and hit its 2% sweet spot until mid next… Read more Audio

Tickets for the Women's Rugby World Cup are being snapped up in record numbers. The final at Twickenham is set to be played in front of more than 80,000 fans, a nearly 3000% increase in crowd numbers… Read more Audio

A new scheme aims to cut out supermarkets and get the fruit and vegetables grown next door or down the road onto people's plates. A group of charities in Wellington is working to source produce direct… Read more Audio

The age limits on New Zealand working holiday visas are "antiquated" according to a 77 year old year Waikato woman, who has regularly traveled overseas on working holidays. At the moment working… Read more Audio

A looming deadline hangs over a group of homeless people living on a church's grounds. Advocates said those living in a carpark at Holy Trinity Avonside in Christchurch have nowhere else to go. But… Read more Audio

New Zealand mother Sarah Shaw has described her traumatic ordeal in United States immigration detention, where she and her son were held for three weeks after a visa mix up at the US-Canada border… Read more Audio

A year on from their most successful Olympics, Canoe Sprint New Zealand is using this week's World Champs as a chance to build and evolve. A team of 13 paddlers will line-up in Milan, Italy, including… Read more Audio

A soldier with links to far-right groups and who thought he was spying on New Zealand for a foreign power was sentenced today for attempted espionage.At a court martial at Linton Military Camp near… Read more Audio