Checkpoint

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

More than 40,000 people have fled their homes in Bali as authorities warn a volcanic eruption is imminent. Indonesian Red Cross volunteer, Australian Michele Barratt, talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio

RNZ reporters around New Zealand hit the streets today to ask voters whether they think Winston Peters will go with Labour or National. Video, Audio

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern will meet with senior Labour MPs tomorrow to decide who will be on the party's negotiating team. She joins Checkpoint live. Video, Audio

New Zealand has 32 new MPs, and given the uncertain election result, all 32 still face the possibility of both Government or Opposition. Demelza Leslie reports.

*This report refers to Labour MP Kiri… Video, Audio

At least 100 school children face longer travel and walks of several kilometres crossing busy roads, but Go Bus says it has no choice because of falling passenger numbers and fares. Video, Audio

Nurses have been warned that assisted dying may soon be legal in New Zealand, and that they will be at the front line if it is. Health Correspondent Karen Brown reports. Video, Audio

Are tax payers footing the bill for the ruptured pipeline? John Campbell talks to Energy Minister Judith Collins. Video, Audio

RNZ Political Editor Jane Patterson joins John Campbell in the studio to discuss the latest poll which has National on 46 percent and Labour on 37 percent. Video, Audio

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says the combined dhb deficit for the 16/17 year is $117.5m and the audited result is unlikely to change. But Checkpoint understands it could be much higher. Video, Audio

Charlotte Glennie, an ex-pat New Zealand journalist working for Unicef on the border of Bangladesh, describes the conditions 400,000 Rohingya people are living in after fleeing Myanmar. Video, Audio

Hurricane Maria has slammed into Puerto Rico as the strongest storm to hit the US territory in nearly 90 years. Juan Pablo Abreu describes the scene to John Campbell. Video, Audio

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

Increasing numbers of pensioners are struggling so much to make ends meet they're turning to campgrounds and caravan parks for accommodation. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio

Political leaders are making their final push for votes as the spectacular 2017 election campaign hurtles towards an end. Video, Audio

Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake devastated Mexico City. More than 230 people are dead and many more are missing, including school children. Video, Audio

The lease at the Marfell Community Cafe in New Plymouth expires next month and volunteers are worried it might close down if it's sold to someone who does not support their cause. Video, Audio

A young woman is in a critical condition at Auckland Hospital and three other students are recovering from their injuries after a car ploughed into them outside their North Shore school. Video, Audio

RNZ presenter Guyon Espiner will be at a state of the art television studio set-up at Auckland University, where he'll be unpicking the election results with a panel of experts on Saturday night. Video, Audio

National Party Leader Bill English was questioned about poverty and then went to a bank, while Labour leader Jacinda Ardern went to a foodbank and a union meeting. Video, Audio