Checkpoint for Thursday 4 July 2024

5:47 PM.Labour's plotting its return to the government benches in 2026 - by taking the time first to do a lot of soul-searching. Chris Hipkins wants Labour to represent a positive change - but at the same… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.The security breach has raised concerns about the safety at Parliament House and potential attacks on parliamentary staff and visitors, especially after war memorial sites in the nation's capital were… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.Ten Football Ferns players will make their Olympic debut in Paris later this month, but the squad is missing a couple of familiar faces. Audio

5:25 PM.Housing Minister Chris Bishop laid out a raft of policies today, among them are removing council's ability to impose rural-urban boundary lines and requiring them to make enough land available to meet… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Two people have now been charged with interfering with human remains, and police have been combing through a property in Orewa, Lucy Xia speaks to Susana Lei'ataua. Audio

5:11 PM.Housing Minister Chris Bishop today announced a raft of policies that will allow cities to be expandard outwards, including removing councils' ability to impose rural-urban boundary lines, and… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.The 68-year-old was killed after a robbery outside the Fashion Island shopping centre in Newport Beach, while on holiday with her husband, well-known businessman Doug McKay and three men have been… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Applications for money from the government's new 10 million dollar mental health fund will open this month. It'll be accessible to all NGOs, community health and addiction providers as well as iwi… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Businesses on Onehunga's busy main road said they were given just a week's notice that highly-disruptive footpath repairs would take more than three months. AT is defending its actions, they said the… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.Joe Porter speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the All Blacks set to take on England in Dunedin this weekend and new coach Scott Robertson naming his first team. Audio

4:24 PM.Over the past three years, Fairlie woman Louise Wynn has visited Aotearoa New Zealand's 225 Four Squares, she speaks to Susana Lei'ataua on what is in fact Four Square's 100th birthday. Audio

4:18 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Joe Biden remaining adamant that he will stay on as presidential candidate for the Democrats and Rudy Giuliani being… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Visual journalist Nick Monro asked people in Auckland if they've had to borrow money to pay for the basics amid the cost of living crisis. Video, Audio

4:08 PM.People struggling with their finances in Dunedin have nowhere to turn to for free advice - with one budget advisory service closing its doors while a Government-picked replacement is no where to be… Read more Audio