Checkpoint for Monday 29 January 2024

6:08 PM.According to the report, 9 percent of children in OT care were harmed in the year ending June 2023. The Minister for Children says it's not good enough; while the Children and Young People's… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.A Ngatea pensioner who climbed Taranaki Maunga to mark his 90th birthday at the weekend says it was a 'humbling' experience. David Baker is believed to be the oldest individual to have ever summited… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.Increasingly warmer seas could see new types of marine mammals beaching on our country's shores. An eight metre juvenile fin whale got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow estuary at Moncks Bay in… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.More children than ever are being harmed under the watch of the very agency supposed to protect them. Oranga Tamariki's "Safety in Care" report shows 9% of children in its care were harmed in the year… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The clock's ticking for schools to introduce cellphone bans by the start of term two, but it's an assignment one Principal's dreading. The National government's banning cellphones in schools to help… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Sport with Jonty Dine [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345797081112 Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Some shoppers struggling to cover their grocery bills have found a work around that lets them use buy now pay later services to cover food and other essentials at stores that don't actually offer the… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Police are asking the public for help after a man was found dead at a Dunedin property this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene on Hillary St in Liberton at around 9:00am. The… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.A series of violent smash and grabs at a jewellery store chain, including one in the police minister's electorate and a stabbing at an Auckland supermarket marred the weekend. In two separate… Read more Video, Audio