Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 July 2024

5:43 PM.South Africa correspondent Elna Schütz speaks to Susana Lei'atua about a new confederation of African countries being formed, an African president deciding to cut their own salary and South Africans… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.The rising cruiserweight will headline an event for the first time in his home country, when Auckland hosts the event on September 14, Jonty Dine speaks to Susana Lei'ataua. Audio

5:19 PM.As the public service continues to shed numbers, and the cost of living bites, the number of Kiwi's fleeing the country for greener pastures has hit a new record. Michael Viner from Customise Talent… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.After that disastrous debate performance by Joe Biden and subsequent poor interview, after arriving in Washington D.C, the Prime Minister has found himself in the middle of a crisis for the Democrats… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.There was a miscarriage of justice in the trials that saw Gail Maney and Stephen Stone convicted of murder, the Crown has admitted. The case - which was investigated in the hit RNZ/Stuff podcast Gone… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.Visual journalist Sam Rillstone asked people in Wellington if they reckon New Zealand should introduce a sugar tax. Video, Audio

4:46 PM.The data published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health today - show kids consumed 5 grams less than usual and adults 11 grams less after its Soft Drinks Industry Levy was announced, Dr… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.Sail GP pulled out of hosting duties last November due to unavailable spectator grounds, the path has now been cleared. Auckland businesses couldn't be happier, but they say there's a 100-metre long… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.An independent investigation has cleared the world anti-doping agency of any wrong-doing in its handling of allegations of widespread doping in the Chinese swimming team. Twenty-three Chinese swimmers… Read more Audio

4:22 PM.Clyde Quay School school has raised an astonising $112,500 by raffling off two Taylor Swift tickets, including airfares to London, seven night's accomodation and spending money, the money will to to… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a landlisde in Indonesia claiming multiple lives, reports of dodgy fuel tanker practices sparking outrage in China and Bieber fever… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.While local residents in the suburb of Miramar are paying hundreds a year to lease council land to park on or near their homes, Sir Peter Jackson's Stone Street Studios has been leased 50 car parks… Read more Audio