Checkpoint for Tuesday 9 February 2021

5:07 PM.Air NZ chief executive Greg Foran has confirmed the contract and work on engines for Saudi military is terminated.

Speaking to RNZ's Checkpoint, Foran did not confirm however whether there would be a… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The Finance Minister is promising "bold" action to tackle the housing crisis, as the Reserve Bank brings back tighter lending requirements.

Housing is still at the top of the government's list of… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Parliament has had an eventful start to the year, with one party leader booted from the house and the Speaker staving off a motion of no confidence.

The debate on wearing ties at Parliament has been… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Parliament's dress code debate was reignited on Tuesday as Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi entered the House, not wearing a European-style tie.

Waititi, wearing a hei tiki taonga around his… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.East Otago residents have been getting tested for lead poisoning today, after discovering their water supply was contaminated.

Last Tuesday, residents in Waikouaiti and Karitane were first told about… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6230308383001 Video, Audio

5:46 PM.A trial is underway for one of the country's most well known cold cases.

More than 30 years after Waikato publican and father-of-two Chris Bush was shot dead during a robbery at the Red Fox Tavern in… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.A public health specialist says the maximum allowable level of nitrate in drinking water should be 11 times lower than current rules allow.

Otago University's Dr Tim Chambers is part of a Ministry of… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.Hundreds of members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei held a hīkoi this morning, frustrated at the Crown's overlapping treaty settlement claim process.

They walked along the city's waterfront to… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.South Africa's put the brakes on its roll out of a million doses of the Astra-Zeneca Oxford Vaccine - despite a surge in new Covid-19 cases there.

It comes after showing in some cases it had little… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Air New Zealand's CEO Greg Foran has confirmed to Checkpoint the contract with the Saudi military has now been terminated.

In 2019 the airline's gas turbines unit was contracted to work on parts… Read more Audio

6:27 PM.The new boss of Wellington Rugby League says the future of the game is with Māori and Pasifika communities.

About 200 people turned out to support the mihi whakatau ceremony for Andre Whittaker - who… Read more Audio