Checkpoint for Tuesday 16 July 2024

5:50 PM.Norm Hewitt is being remembered as a giant totara in Porirua where he contributed to the community over many years. The former All Blacks hooker, who had motor neurone disease, has died at the age of… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Australia's major banks being accused of using complex "backdoor" funding techniques to fund fossil fuel companies as a way of… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.A five strong New Zealand Para-cycling team is hoping to turn world championship success into medals at the Paris Paralympic Games next month. Three cyclists will be back for a second Paralympics and… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Fuel in the Coromandel town costs between $2.91 and $2.96 a litre for 91 octane, 20 - 30 cents a litre more than nearby areas like Ngatea, or Tairua, which sit at around $2.69 a litre. Several locals… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.GPs are expecting to hear back shortly - on whether Te Whatu Ora will budge on its proposed four percent funding boost - or clinics will be forced to hike fees. Nelson Bays Primary Health chief… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Police will be getting a $1500 lump sum payment, a flat $5000 pay increase plus another four percent increase in July and again in 2025. There will also be a 5.25% increase in allowances backdated to… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Working in corrections demanding, and not one that has traditionally been popular with New Zealand's Asian communities. But that's changing, as RNZ Asia's Blessen Tom explains. Audio

4:53 PM.Working in corrections demanding, and not one that has traditionally been popular with New Zealand's Asian communities. But that's changing, as RNZ Asia's Blessen Tom explains. Audio

4:50 PM.Signs warning of the presence of speed camera are being put up around the country, the government said it wants motorists to get a fair warning before they get a speeding ticket. The sign initiative… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.When fire broke out at a West Coast bar last night, locals beat emergency services to it by extinguishing the blaze with that classic firefighting substance, beer. Dean White from the Seddonville… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.Businesses in the Auckland city centre said increased police foot patrols are already starting to make a difference to their desperate battle against retail crime and disorder. 21 new beat police hit… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.Jamie Wall speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about a sad day for rugby with the passing of former All Black Norm Hewitt and speaks on a big day for Black Ferns co-captain Kennedy Simon. Audio

4:25 PM.Pharmac has been told its "an inappropriate expectation" for the drug buying agency to be part of "embedding Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the health sector." Associate Minister for Health David… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.United States correspondent speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Donald Trump making his first appearance at the Republican National Convention and the former president's classified documents case being… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Visual journalist Nick Monro asked people in Auckland how often they've been prescribed antibiotics in the past. Video, Audio

4:05 PM.Infectious disease experts are reporting Kiwi doctors are prescribing them to patients who do not need them and New Zealand now has one of the highest rates of antiobiotic resistance in the world. The… Read more Audio