Checkpoint for Friday 28 August 2020

5:06 PM.The government has pulled in the heavyweights to investigate attacks on the NZX.

The stock exchange has been the victim of attacks for four days in a row. Its website has been to its knees and as a… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.The government is refusing to back down on a controversial decision to put nearly $12 million into a privately-owned Green School in Taranaki.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw, who championed the… Read more Audio

5:14 PM."We are nearly there, but the job is not quite done". That's according to the Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, who says Auckland will leave Covid-19 alert level 3 on Sunday night, despite another… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.More than 156,000 jobs are being supported by the latest round of the wage subsidy scheme and businesses say it's a desperately needed lifeline to get them through a second lockdown.

The so-called… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.While many businesses around the country are taking a battering because of Covid-19, a real estate agent in the Coromandel Peninsula is enjoying his best August in five years.

The Coromandel is… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.The government has called in the GCSB to help get to the bottom of the cyber attacks on the NZX.

The stock exchange has been hit four times in as many days - crippling its website and bringing a halt… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:48 PM.NZ Blood is stockpiling plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients so it can be used in international clinical trials or more widely if it's proven to be an effective treatment.

This week the US food… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Green Party co-leader James Shaw is facing criticism from party members for approving nearly $12 million in funding for a privately-owned 'green' school in Taranaki.

It flies in the face of the… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.The National Party has pledged it will keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter running for at least five more years - if it is elected in October.

The clock is already ticking down to the closure of… Read more Audio

6:31 PM.Resilience has been a valuable commodity over the past six months. And for the New Zealand wheelchair rugby community, there's been no shortage of positivity and ability to get through in the… Read more Video, Audio