Checkpoint for Thursday 8 August 2024

5:41 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about former chief executive of Qantas Alan Joyce having his exit package slashed, as the airline rebuilds its reputation from damaging scandals… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.Karen Smith, former major crimes detective in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office came to review Lachlan's death after being introduced to the case by her friend - psychic Kelvin Cruickshank. She shared… Read more Audio

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

5:25 PM.Carrington has six Olympic medals, five of them gold and tonight, along with Alicia Hoskin, Olivia Brett and Tara Vaughan, she will look to lead the world champion crew to Olympic success. New… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.The meat workers union is fighting to save jobs that are on the block at Oamaru meats. Up to a hundred jobs at the meat processing plant are in jeopardy and new figures show unemployment have risen to… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.It's the second week of the trial of Polkinghorne, who's accused of murdering Ms Hanna and trying to stage it to make it appear self inflicted. Bruce Hanna, Ms Hanna's younger brother, today gave… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Renewable energy generator Manawa's revealed one of its customers has defaulted on its bill and that's contributing to a potential 55 million dollar drop in its forecast earnings. Today it has… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Research done by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners surveyed 400 doctors over two weeks. It found those with 22 hours of patient contact time a week generally ended up working the… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Figures for the first three months of this year show the longest wait was 97 days at Rimutaka prison to see a medical officer and 91 days to see a dentist at Otago Corrections facility, with the… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The major power companies have been put on notice by a senior minister who has warned the government could intervene to help bring down prices. It comes after wholesale power prices doubled over the… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.With captain Scott Barrett out injured, Ardie Savea leads the side while outside back Will Jordan makes his return from a lengthy spell on the sidelines after being picked on the bench. Coach Scott… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Both Finn Butcher, who won Gold in the Kayak Cross and Nicole Shields who took out Silver in the cycling team pursuit final, went to Dunstan Highschool in the Central Otago town of Alexandra. Their… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Zach Monetellaro speaks to Lisa Owen about Kamala Harris hitting the trail with new running mate Tim Walz and the American sports team in contention to be known as one of… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.A group of Rotorua residents wants the council to create a natural burial site, so people can be interred simply without coffins or embalming, decomposing naturally under a tree. Other regions… Read more Audio