Lisa Owen

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

Qantas is slashing at least 6,000 jobs, and says it needs to become a "smaller airline" because of the pandemic.

The Australian national carrier says its strategy will save $15 billion over three… Audio

AJ Hackett bungy's owners were jumping for joy after news the company would receive $10.2 million in government help to get back on its feet.

But questions are being raised over whether the company… Audio

St John paramedics say they're absolutely gutted that their employer has backtracked on its promise to pay weekend and overnight shift rates.

The ambulance service says it's facing a large deficit… Audio

If David Clark vacated the job of Health Minister, who could or would want to slide into a set of shoes that have made a few missteps?

It's no secret the Opposition's gunning for the minister to be… Audio

The Health Minister struck a starkly different tone today, showering the Director-General of Health with compliments - and even an offer of flowers.

But there was no apology for his comments… Audio

New Zealanders overseas have seen a rise in hostility to those forced to make the decision to return home, grating against the Prime Minister's message of 'Be Kind'.

Now with daily cases being caught… Audio

It's been another busy day at community testing centres in Auckland with long queues as people line up to get swabbed for Covid-19.

The number of active cases has gone from zero to 11, coinciding… Audio

The government has taken a leap of faith on Wednesday approving more than $10 million in funding for AJ Hackett bungy after declaring it a strategic tourism assets.

The company's getting a $5.1… Video, Audio

There has been plenty of blame being passed around over the failure to test people released early from managed isolation, but we're no nearer to finding out how or why it happened.

After more than a… Audio

Time's up for Afghan biscuits, Eskimo Pie ice cream, Chicos and Red Skins lollies.

All the sweet treats are getting new names as the Black Lives Matter movement sweeps through the consumer market.

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Last night Checkpoint brought the story of a family with a young disabled boy in a wheelchair who have been living in a south Auckland garage for six months because of a lack of suitable housing.

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

Labour and Green MPs have given up hiding their growing frustrations with New Zealand First vetoing their flagship policies.

In the latest blow, Auckland Light Rail has been put on ice with Cabinet… Audio

The man who helped set up AJ Hackett bungy concedes the company's finances were stretched to the limit before a more than $10 million government bail out announced on Wednesday.

The business has been… Video, Audio

Labour's call for National to put up or shut up over claims a homeless man snuck into an Auckland isolation hotel has been met with radio silence.

Housing Minister Megan Woods sent National's Michael… Video, Audio

There is one new case of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Wednesday - a woman who returned home on an Air India flight and was in isolation at Auckland's Pullman Hotel.

New Zealand has a total of 11 active… Video, Audio

The number of Southern Response claims is continuing to rise, dashing hopes most claims would be sorted by the middle of 2020.

In January this year Southern Response general manager Casey Hurren told… Video, Audio

Flight crews on high risk routes will have to return a negative covid test before they can return to work or the community, under a new government plan.

And all air crews and airport workers will be… Audio

A South Auckland family with a boy using a wheelchair are living in a garage because of lack of suitable state housing. Maria and her two children have been camped out in a relative's garage for six… Video, Audio