Checkpoint for Monday 26 August 2019

5:00 PM.Watch today's full programme here. Video

5:09 PM.Suicide rates have risen yet again - with 685 people dying by suicide in the past year - that's 17 more lives lost.

The number of Māori taking their own lives has increased 19 percent on the year… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Grey Power is branding the National Party's promise to raise the pension age to 67 if elected into government as ridiculous.

It's something that former Prime Minister and National Leader John Key… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Grey Power is branding the National Party's promise to raise the pension age to 67 if elected into Government as ridiculous.

It's something that former Prime Minister and National Leader John Key… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.More than a month after their audacious Netball World Cup triumph, the Silver Ferns finally got to share their success with the New Zealand public.

The team were welcomed with a reception at… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.The Māori Council has described the latest suicide statistics as a 'rolling train wreck'. The figures were released officially late on Monday afternoon after the Council broke the Chief Coroner's… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Te Ao Māori is in mourning for one of its unsung heroes. The Ngāti Hine elder, Pita Paraone, died early on Monday morning in Auckland Hospital.

The 73-year-old served for many years as a public… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A family of nine that fled Gloriavale says the Christian community tried to separate their family to stop them from leaving. Mr and Mrs Ben-Canaan, who only want to be known by their last names, were… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Suicide rates have risen yet again - with 685 people dying by suicide in the past year. That's 17 more lives lost.

Arthur Harawira lost his son to suicide when he was just 15 years old, and though it… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.The head of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage looks likely to keep her job despite a security breach exposing hundreds of people's private details to fraudsters.

Bernadette Cavanagh revealed the… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Migrant students left high and dry after their business school went into liquidation say they're disgusted that they've been told to pay more money.

Last week the Kiwi Institute of Training and… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The death of veteran actor Ray Henwood at age 82 is almost the end of an era, according to playwright and old friend Sir Roger Hall.

The welsh-born actor appeared in many of Sir Rogers plays… Read more Audio