Checkpoint

Schools can forget about flash architecturally-designed classrooms. Instead, the government wants more pre-constructed buildings and fewer bespoke designs. It is overhauling the way school property is… Read more Audio

Dunedin residents who watched helplessley as floodwaters rose up around their homes are hoping the worst of the wet weather is over ... and yet the rain keeps on falling. The city has experienced its… Read more Audio

Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen about Black Ferns midfielder Grace Steinmentz calling an end to her playing career at just 26 and some good news for Australian Rules Football in New Zealand. Audio

A warning to spring gardeners, chuck a mask and gloves on if you're using potting mix or compost to protect yourself from a potentially life threatening lung and chest infection. So far there's been… Read more Audio

Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart spoke to Lisa Owen about Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau surviving another non-confidence vote, a man in Canada being exonerated for a murder he was… Read more Audio

A road test of how people feel about New Zealand's health system is about to get underway. Patient Voice Aotearoa chairman Malcolm Mulholland is driving around the country urging people to sign a… Read more Audio

Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how big supermarkets have been under the microscope recently for a number of issues. Among them - alleged fake discounts, land grabbing and… Read more Audio

Hundreds of mill workers in the Central North Island have just left their workplace for the final time and are heading to the pub for a pint or two to farewell their colleagues. 230 workers from… Read more Audio

Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least 6 people in what it called a "precise air strike." The Israeli Defence Force suffered its deadliest day with 8 Israeli… Read more Audio

A freedom camping advocate said she's seeing more working people living in cars and vans than ever before because they simply can't afford to rent. Median rental prices have jumped nearly 30 percent… Read more Audio

In just one day, the Bay of Plenty has had double the amount of rainfall that fell in all of September and further down south - in the Otago region - people are told to stay away from all roads… Read more Audio

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