Checkpoint for Monday 30 September 2024

5:42 PM.Europe correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about the United Kingdom's last coal fired plant shutting down and railway closures effecting people wanting to visit England over the Christmas… Read more Audio

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

5:32 PM.No new oil and gas fields are likely to be discovered in the next ten years. That's according to the government's own advice on repealing the oil and gas exploraton ban. The latest modelling, urgently… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.The Black Ferns have kicked off their WXV1 campaign against Ireland in Canada this afternoon.This was just the third time the two nations' women's rugby teams have met, sports reporter Felicity Reid… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Greenpeace is suing the diary giant for allegedly misleading customers by claiming its anchor butter is 100% New Zealand grassfed. The environmental group claims the reality is that 20% of a Fonterra… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.35,000 people marched in Dunedin at the weekend, opposing the government's announcement that the redevelopment will need to be revised due to a budget blow out. Prior to being elected, National… Read more Audio

4:55 PM.Fuelled by fitness and gym content online, some young men say they're turning to risky and illegal measures to change their appearance. Checkpoint spoke to men in their twenties, who say the pressure… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.It's the last day for Auckland homeowners with flood affected homes to sign up to the council's buyout scheme - but less than half of the flood damaged property owners have opted in. Advocacy group… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.As the heat on Costello turns up, the Prime Minister has just spoken to reporters, deputy Editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa Owen about the details. Audio

4:45 PM.Parents say it's time airlines stopped sending airfare prices sky high during the school holidays so they don't have to take their kids out of school to nab cheaper fares. It's the first week of the… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.The pressure is mounting on the Associate Health Minister to explain why she slashed tax on heated tobacco products - against officials' advice. The opposition has accused Casey Costello of… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.John Hope Muchirahondo has been found guilty of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault. The 38-year-old Christchurch man has been convicted of raping eight women and sexually assaulting a ninth. He was… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The draw for the new-look Super Rugby Pacific competition has been released with more bye rounds and new home grounds on the schedule.Organisers have put a focus on rivalry match-ups and… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Tasman council is considering a new by-law that would mean all domestic cats have to be desexed, microchipped and on a national register by the time they are six months old.The region's existing cat… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Middle East Correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about the lastest on the ground 2 days on from the wave of Israeli attacks which killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut and the… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A community leader said Air New Zealand's putting profit ahead of its social responsibility to service the regions after the national carrier confirmed it's canning direct flights from Invercargill to… Read more Audio