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4:43 PM.Dannevirke High School in the lower North Island employs its own cooking staff and has its own kitchen to provide healthy and sizeable meals to its 418 students. The school has had its per-head budget… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.New Zealand's Super Rugby sides will be sporting a new look for this weekend's action. The teams will be wearing Marvel superhero inspired uniforms for the upcoming "Super Kids" round. The… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.For the first time in its 30 year history, three women have made it into the National Digger Operator finals in Fielding later this week. Past tasks have included slam dunking a basket ball and… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte being arrested by the International Criminal Court, a passenger train carrying hundreds of people in… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The government is changing the rules to allow vet nurses to do dental procedures on cats and dogs - work that has in the past been the domain of vets. It's hoped the move will reduce wait times and… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.In Australia there's been some extraordinary developments in the investigation into an apparent terror plot centred around a caravan found earlier this year packed with explosives. Australia… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.The design of New Zealand's Olympic and Commonwealth Games uniforms is coming home, but it's likely the actual uniforms themselves will still be made overseas. The New Zealand Olympic Committee's long… Read more Audio

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

5:31 PM.In 10 days the All Whites will play Fiji in the Oceania qualifier semi-final in Wellington, all going to plan the All Whites will then play in the qualifying final in Auckland to book their place at… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The minister in charge of the country's school lunches programme said he doesn't think the Libelle Group going into liquidation is necessarily a bad thing. Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins took aim… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.Libelle Group, which is contracted to deliver 125,000 meals a day, was placed into liquidation this morning. Labour is demanding explanations on what contingencies are in place - but the minister… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Liquidators taking financial control of failed school lunch provider Libelle, say staff will be paid until further notice and there's at least one interested buyer. It's the latest in a string of… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Checkpoint invited a veritable buffet of people on the programme to talk about the school lunch supplier that's in financial strife; Libelle went into liquidation today. RNZ deputy political editor… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The government said its changes to emergency housing are positive - resulting in significantly fewer families living in motels. But advocates for the homeless are worried about the number of… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Wellingtonians have weighed in on whether the city council should spend millions of dollars installing permanent fencing along the capital's waterfront. A coroner says the council must act, following… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.Kiwis five eighth Dylan Brown is set to sign with the Newcastle Knights for a reported $13 million over ten years. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:16 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Canada's new PM coming in hot against Donald Trump and his tariffs, and a Palestinian activist - and legal resident of the United… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.The company making more than 125,000 meals a day for the government's revamped school lunch programme has gone into liquidation. Libelle group is contracted to Compass, the Government supplier for the… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A Canadian pizza parlour has taken all US ingredients and drinks off the menu as US President Donald Trump continues the to and fro over trade tarriffs. Graham Palmateer owns Gram's Pizza in Toronto… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about how new research shows Brits were among the hardest hit by the fallout of COVID-19, a major drugs plot being foiled - partly because… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.New from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has won for the first time in more than a year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker needed a sudden death playoff to claim the Cologuard Classic title in Arizona - his… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was fielding questions about the embattled school lunches programme at his weekly post-cabinet press conference. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.A menu of mishaps means the government's school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures, including providing daily evidence of what it's serving up. Food Safety is investigating the… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The family of Fa'asala Sam Matue who died after being tased by police during a pursuit last Sunday at Orere Point is still waiting to hear his official cause of death, so they can repatriate his body… Read more Audio