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4:05 PM.Consumer NZ tracked a series of return flights for a family of 4 over 18 weeks to see what happened to prices during school holidays. Turns out, according to Consumer, flights in the school holidays… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit has proved eventful in Australia. It's been a busy trip for the royals who faced a controversial wecome after the King was heckled in parliament yesterday… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.The partner of murdered Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao has described to the court when he realised something sinister may have happened to Miss Bao. 53-year-old Tingjun Cao a Chinese… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The government has revealed its new school lunches menu that will hit cafeterias at the start of Term 1 next year. The dishes include butter chicken curry, chicken katsu, lasagne plus cold chicken… Read more Audio

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

5:27 PM.Only 10 sports will feature at the next Commonwealth Games to be hosted in Glasglow. The pared back Games to be held in July and August 2026 has axed nine sports including several long-standing events… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Darleen Tana has been officially ejected from Parliament - after the Green Party last week agreed to make use of the waka-jumping provision. It ends a turbulent seven-month saga for the Greens - but… Read more Audio

5:15 PM."Uninformed and unintelligent," cuts to the new Dunedin Hospital could be fatal according to a top specialist. Checkpoint understands the planned sixth level of the inpatient building could be… Read more Audio

5:05 PM.Eyes are on Wellington City council, officially. The local government minister's appointing a crown observer to monitor and report back on what he has described as a shambles Things came to a head… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.New Zealand should be looking across the ditch for disability housing standards according to one advocacy service. Advocacy group Disability Connect describes the accesible housing situation in… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.Over 2000 people attended the final national hui for Maori unity at Tuahiwi Marae north of Christchurch today. Ngai Tahu hosted the hui where discussions focussed on indigenous economics. A regulatory… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.13 young people at a youth justice facility in South Auckland spent over 15 hours on the roof of the building, after escaping from their units last night. It's not the first time Korowai Manaaki in… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Sports reporter Jamie Walll spoke to Lisa Owen about the All Black side to face Japan hot off the press and Portia Woodman-Wickliffe being back for a new team next year in Super Rugby Aupiki. Audio

4:24 PM.A military mission of a different kind, to reunite a World War one medal with its whanau. The British War medal was found dropped on the ground in a carpark at Ohope beach in Whakatane just after… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Elon Musk causing a stir with his latest move as the country edges closer to the election, the exonerated men who make up the… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Chicken Katsu, tex mex mince beef, pasta salad, and butter chicken are all on the menu for the government's Ka Ora, Ka Ako school lunch programme, but maybe not as you know and love them. Looking at… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Diane To spoke to Lisa Owen about the UK's health secretary suggesting a curious way of beefing up the workforce - with a new weight loss jab, a group of Nigerian nurses… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.A trial is underway in Auckland over alleged historical abuse at a home for at risk boys in state care, once housed within a rundown part of the former Kingseat psychiatric hospital. Three former… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report Audio

5:29 PM.Young New Zealand driver Liam Lawson made a great return to Formula One this morning picking up championships after not racing for over a year. The 22 year old came through from last on the starting… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The High Court has been told that there may have been a sexual element to the attack on a Christchurch real estate agent, whose body was found just over a year after she went missing. 53-year-old… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.Christopher Luxon continues to stand by his Minister of Commerce who allegedly told a worker to F off during a site visit. The business employee says that Mr Bayly told him to "f*** off" and… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The White Ferns beat South Africa by 32 runs, after scoring 158 for five in their 20 overs, with Melie Kerr top scoring with 43. The team went into the tournament having lost ten T20 games in a row… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.A signficant situation vacant is causing concern in the science world and beyond. The government won't say whether it's keeping role of Prime Minister's Chief science advisor; a job that has been… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.For the past 17 days, a survivor of Lake Alice's notorious child and adolescent unit's been stuck in life-threatening limbo, waiting for a heart operation. Malcolm Richards is in hospital in Hastings… Read more Audio