Checkpoint

Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about while the cyber security company Crowdstrike has taken responsibility of last Friday's global outage, there are growing concerns… Read more Audio

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

The Pulse will host the ANZ Premiership grand final after beating the Tactix in Wellington last night. The win also means the Pulse have avoided an elimination final against the defending champion… Read more Audio

Speaker Gerry Brownlee was doing over time responding to points of order as MPs descended into a game of tit-for-tat over who made the more unparliamentary remark. Political editor Jo Moir was in the… Read more Audio

About 500 families in rural Hawkes Bay are facing an uncertain future because the bus service taking their kids to school is being cancelled by the Ministry of Education. Some parents are in tears -… Read more Audio

A senior public health physician said the government is trying to focus attention exclusively on the performance of Te Whatu Ora as a distraction from what actually needs to be addressed, Dr Belinda… Read more Audio

Health New Zealand's new commissioner said the organisation has become too large and too unaffordable - and wants it re-focused on the frontline and regional delivery. Professor Lester Levy has been… Read more Audio

The money is a fraction of the one billion dollars a year Kiwis spend on merchant service fees using the Mastercard and Visa payment networks. The Commission said Paywave's 2% surcharge is… Read more Audio

Midwifery has the greatest shortfall of the health care sector, to fill the gaps an extra 300 students need to graduate a year. But one new graduate has told Checkpoint financial pressure makes the… Read more Audio

The Porirua Mayor said a new initiative to stop students fighting at the city centre railway station is off to a good start. Three safety officers, known as navigators, started patrolling Porirua… Read more Audio

Jamie Wall speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about Ardie Savea going to Moana Pasifika and the Olympics. Audio

Clyde Quay School's school board chairperson Michelle Little speaks to Susana Lei'ataua about the winner of the raffle, who won the prize of two Taylor Swift tickets, including airfares to London… Read more Audio