Checkpoint for Tuesday 30 July 2024

5:44 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the regional carrier Rex Airlines might be teetering on the brink of collapse. Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The men's triathlon at the Paris Olympics has been postponed as pollution levels in the River Seine remain too high. The race which was due to start at 6pm this evening but has now been postponed… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Crown prosecutor William Taffs told the court that John Muchirahondo is accused of sexually violating 15 women, many of whom he met at parties or out on the town. Mr Taffs says Mr Muchirahondo had sex… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.At a press conference today, Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves said a scene examination on private farmland in Greenpark was still underway involving 60 police officers. A forensic post mortem is due… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.In Thames, nurses have picketed outside the Thames Hospital to voice their frustration at what the union said is constant understaffing and increased workloads in the emergency department. Their… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Te Whatu Ora has ordered a hiring freeze for all non-frontline jobs, and has repeatedly denied it will affect any clinical roles. But one specialist, who doesn't want to be named, said a hospital job… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.It's the second day of a high profile criminal trial of a retired surgeon accused of murdering his wife in their upmarket Auckland home and staging her death as a suicide. The High Court in Auckland… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Auckland Council is putting a home under the hammer because the owner owes $318,000 in overdue rates. Rates haven't been paid on the derelect property in Otara for 19 years. However, after years of… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.The Health Minister said the country's hospital system remains in crisis but he can't put a number on how many are relying on overnight telehealth services in the face of doctor shortages. Both… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about an All Black squad named and a story from the Olympics. Audio

4:24 PM.A blind Auckland woman who is regularly forced to walk on busy roads with her guide dog, said she is fed up with thoughtless and inconsiderate drivers. Sally Britnell told Susana Lei'ataua people are… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the latest on a potential running mate for Kamala Harris and the election interference case in Colorado that has gone to… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.The electoral authority said President Nicolas Maduro secured a third term in power with 51% of the vote. However, the opposition has accused him of rigging the election and international observers… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Police have announced they have found human remains in their year-long search for missing Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao. The 44 year old was last seen alive on July 19 last year at a… Read more Audio