Checkpoint for Monday 29 March 2021

5:06 PM.The Commerce Commission wants a 'please explain' after timber giant Carter Holt Harvey abruptly cut supplies to a number of building retail chains prompting concerns that costs will rise and… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Isolating returnees say bookings are back on for exercise buses at an Auckland MIQ hotel, despite a slip up that saw a returnee who had tested positive for Covid-19 bundled onto a bus with more than a… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The Ever Given ship has been partially refloated, after days of being stubbornly wedged in the Suez Canal.

Diggers trying to free the the ship removed 27,000 cubic metres of sand.

While that's good… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6245022636001 Video, Audio

5:38 PM.The government's being warned off even contemplating capping rent increases, saying that would be a further devastating blow to property investors.

The impact on rents is just one of the topics that… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Brisbane will be snapped into a three day lockdown tonight, after four new community cases emerged.

One of the new cases was in central Queensland for three days while infectious and two other cases… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.Almost two-thirds of senior doctors and dentists in Otago and Southland feel burnt out. It comes from a survey of 2,100 medical staff carried out by the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists as… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.The police have unveiled the newest addition to their vehicle fleet.

The Skoda Superb will slowly replace the Holdens which have patrolled our streets for many, many decades, with the full roll out… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Despite closed borders and far less international travel, illegal items made from protected animals and plants are still making it into the country in suitcases and mailed packages.

Alligator… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Two men have been found guilty of murder and aggravated robbery over the Red Fox Tavern shooting, 33 years ago.

For the last seven weeks, Mark Hoggart and another man with name suppression have been… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.A shortage in supply of timber for building projects is being labelled "a comedy of errors" that's going to cause a lot of stress and hardship for small-time builders.

Supply constraints means Carter… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Military leaders say trade routes in the South China Sea face increased risk and New Zealand can't be complacent about it.

The two-day Asia Pacific Security Innovation Summit has attracted… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.The Climate Change Commission is being criticised by all sides in its plan to slash carbon emissions.

Feedback closed yesterday on the Commission's draft proposal to make Aotearoa carbon neutral by… Read more Audio

6:24 PM.Millions of sunflowers on a south Canterbury farm are just weeks away from harvest.

By next month the sunflower seeds will be processed into cooking oil, making it one of New Zealand's only locally… Read more Video, Audio