Checkpoint

If there's no caller ID displayed would you pick up that call? Auckland University of Technology digital wellbeing specialist Lena Waizenegger speaks to Lisa Owen about why people experience… Read more Audio

A ministerial advisory group is recommending grammar and handwriting lessons, including cursive handwriting, in primary schools. Some members of the public have said it's outdated and unnecessary… Read more Audio

Claimants today at the Waitangi Tribunals inquiry accused the government of gaslighting Maori through its Te Reo policy, something lawyers for the Crown have denied, Pokere Paewai reports. Audio

Pharmacists have described trying to get hold of two types of HRT patches, used to mitigate symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause as a lottery, leaving some women forced to mix their dosage, pay… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about tensions rising between the EU and China over electric vehicle exports, the G7 summit seeing the signing of a multi-year security agreement… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Of more 1500 people celebrating the New Year at Furneaux Lodge at the start of 1998, only Scott Watson had the propensity, motive and opportunity to kill Ben Smart and Olivia Hope according to the… Read more Audio

Warriors get chance to avenge loss tomorrow night. Audio

The nurses' union said its members are dismayed at the latest cost cutting move within the health sector, with a halt to hiring people for non-frontline roles, Rachel Graham reports. Audio

Chinese premier Li Qiang met with New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon in Wellington yesterday and visited the New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research this morning, Liu Chen reports.

An $80,000 reward has flushed out more than 70 new leads in the hunt for fugative Tom Phillips and his three children and police say a number of them ARE credible, Acting Detective Inspector Andrew… Read more Audio

Another pressure point for crime in Auckland is the CBD - and the area in and around Queen street. Police say they've upped their foot patrols by about 58 percent. But that hasn't been enough to… Read more Audio