Checkpoint for Tuesday 27 February 2024

5:53 PM.Forget putting your initials or a paw print into the concrete of a new build. How about high viz or used clothing worn by the workers involved in the rebuild of Dunedin Hospital actually being used in… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Australian Correspondent Peter Ryan reports. Read more Audio

5:34 PM.The dismantling of the Maori Health Authority is under way, as the Government pushes ahead with its legislation to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora. Parliament has gone into urgency to pass the bill through all… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.One of the workhorses of New Zealand cricket will bow out of the international game this week. Bowler Neil Wagner has pulled up stumps on a career that began with a move from South Africa and will end… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.A leading Auckland property developer's offering cash back sweetners of up to $20,000 in a bid to move unsold apartments in a multi-million dollar development. There's about 40 unsold apartments in… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The sentencing judge held back tears, as Whakaari victims gave their impact statements in court today. Five companies and GNS Science are being sentenced for health and safety failings in the lead up… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Immigration New Zealand could have done more to minimise abuse of the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme. That admission from the country's top public servant in the wake of a critical independent… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Immigration New Zealand has been criticised for ignoring concerns that its work visa scheme was allowing migrants to buy jobs and be exploited. The Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme was brought in… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Palmerston North Hospital is coming under scrutiny over the death of a patient, believed to be by suicide. It's the latest in a string of deaths in either patients of the hospital's mental health… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.A big moment before the much anticipated test series between the Black Caps and Australia, as veteran fast bowler Neil Wagner has pulled the stumps on his career. The South African-born cricketer… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.Most of the motu's biggest cities will be flooded with land for residential developments if the Housing Minister has his way. In a speech today, Chris Bishop has confirmed councils will have to… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.Correspondent Todd Zwillich reports from the United States. Audio

4:07 PM.Data disproves the Government's claims that reducing the number of tobacco retailers would lead to an increase in ram raids according to a public health professor. The Coalition plans to repeal smoke… Read more Audio