Checkpoint for Thursday 2 June 2022

6:14 PM.New Zealand's Samoan peoples are celebrating 60 years since Samoa became an independent nation. The nation has marked Independence day - the day for celebrating the country ceasing to be a colony of… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Bus drivers are being lured away by other bigger dollar jobs both here and in Australia....leaving us hundreds short. About 1400 hundred bus services a day are being cancelled in Auckland due to… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The release of a police progress report on bias in the force is being met with muted approval by justice advocates, but fears remain the whole exercise could come to nothing. The programme was started… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.A popular Christchurch park has reopened after an extensive investigation, prompted by the death of a dog that got suddenly ill after visiting. The owner of a two and half year old lab posted on… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307177917112 Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Transport Minister, Michael Wood says current public transport tenders have contributed to a race to the bottom when it comes to bus drivers wages and he plans to make urgent changes. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Auckland bus drivers working 13 hour shifts to cover staff shortages, say their employers needs to take a hard look at the poor pay and "terrible" working conditions they're offering. They say… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition calling for the country to officially be named Aotearoa. It collected 70 thousand signatures backing the change. But the government says any discussions… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.New Zealand Rugby has finally got the deal it wanted. The final hurdle allowing N-Z-R to sign a 200 million dollar deal with US private equity firm Silver Lake has been cleared. Chairman Stewart… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.A group of Auckland flatmates are lucky to be alive tonight after a gunman opened fire on their home as they ate dinner. One of the men has described seconds of terror as bullets whizzed over his head… Read more Video, Audio