Checkpoint for Tuesday 29 October 2024

5:46 PM.To Australia now .. where prime minister Anthony Albanese is embroiled in a controversy over accepting upgrades and free flights from Qantas and being too cosy with the airlines former chief executive… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report Audio

5:30 PM.The White Ferns can cap off a successful six weeks of cricket overseas by adding another piece of silverware to their haul. New Zealand face India in the one-day series decider tonight in Ahmedabad… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.A government scheme will allow building professionals to certify their own work rather than relying on independent inspections. "Candy floss and quick wins" is how one advocacy group's describing the… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.A $100,000 reward and possible immunity is on offer for clues leading to the conviction of whoever's responsible for killing Auckland man Arthur Easton almost 40 years ago. The case was re-opened… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Building profesionals will be able to certify some of their own work under a new government scheme aimed at speeding up construction by cutting red tape. Qualified building professionals like… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.A new survey shows the tax tide could be turning.  An IPSOS survey of 1003 people this month shows 65 percent of those questioned would support a Capital Gains Tax or CGT.  That is tax on profits made… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Businesses on Auckland's Karangahape Road are fed up with the lack of public toilets on the iconic street, with some having to clean up human waste outside their shop fronts each morning.There used to… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Police are offering a $100,000 reward for information about the killing of Arthur Easton almost forty years ago in Auckland. Mr Easton was stabbed to death in his Papakura home after confronting an… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about the latest in the controversy in the wash up of the NPC Mascot Race and an update on the All Blacks. Audio

4:25 PM.A campervan park is looking to set up camp on prime real estate in central Christchurch, just 8 minutes walk from the new stadium and about quarter of an hours stroll from the Riverside Market. Its… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.The Trump campaign has distanced itself from racist remarks made at a rally in the democratic stronghold state of New York. The New York native took the stage in Madison Square Garden yesterday -… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Two major supermarket chains have taken away some online customers ability to sort grocery items by price. The change quietly happened on New World and Pak'n Save's websites in early October. The move… Read more Audio