Checkpoint for Friday 2 August 2024

5:50 PM.The Patea Maori Club have cult status since their song and album Poi E hit number on the New Zealand charts back in 1984. Poi E made the New Zealand charts again in 2009 and Patea Maori Club made… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Myanmar extending its state of emergency as conflict in the country continues to boil over, a South Korean official being arrested over a… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.The Muslim community is outraged over the Government's decision to wind up its work on the response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attack. The move would see it scrap… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:22 PM.After rowing's three Olympic medals in the space of an hour last night much of the attention switches to the the track and field programme tonight in Paris. Sprinter Zoe Hobbs, shot putters Tom Walsh… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.The Muslim community is outraged at the Government's decision to wind up its work on the response to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attack and scrap eight… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.An expert in trauma is sounding the alarm over the government's plan to increase speed limit - saying it will drive up deaths and injuries. In March, Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced he was… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.Ngapuhi leaders have walked out of a meeting with the Prime Minister in a protest over coalition government policies. Chair Mane Tahere said the delegation would not sit in the room in silence with a… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.Auckland council has left the door open for more contractors to operate its pools and leisure centres in the future. Audio

4:44 PM.The Black Ferns have returned home after winning big at this year's Olympic Games in Paris with emotions still running high. The team beat China, the US and Canada to defend their crown and walk away… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.Experts are calling for the flu vaccine for under 12-year-olds to be fully funded - again. Some GPs told Checkpoint they've seen a high number of children hospitalised with influenza this winter - and… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Sports reporter Jamie Wall speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Snoop Dogg at the Olympics in Paris and a story from the Olympics. Audio

4:25 PM.Money correspondent Susan Edmunds speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the home loan space this week, with rules relaxing, rates changing and banks changing their test rates. Audio

4:18 PM.Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the aftermath of the wildfires that ripped through the mountain town of Jasper last week and more developments in the Canadian… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.The halcyon days of sipping champagne and martinis on Ponsonby Rd are over. Instead, hospitality veteran Luke Dallow told Susana Lei'ataua these tough economic times call for swappa crates and country… Read more Audio