Checkpoint

Visual journalist Nick Monro asked people in Auckland how they feel about their job. Audio

New Zealand lawyers are apparently among the unhappiest in the world . The University of Melbourne surveyed 800 New Zealand based lawyers and law students between 2021 and 2023. It found almost 35… Read more Audio

"We're reaching a crisis point now, I can see a lot of harm coming," that's the message from some GP clinics desperately trying to avoid closing their doors or putting up prices for patients. GPs had… Read more Audio

Some schools are abandoning take-home essays and assignments because students are using artificial intelligence to cheat.The misuse of AI has even prompted changes to the national school… Read more Audio

Lydia Ko won back-to-back LPGA Tour titles for the first time in eight years when she lifted the Queen City Championship trophy in Ohio. The 27 year old was back on the golf course after taking a… Read more Audio

A stoush over a single kaka parrot is seriously ruffling feathers. The bird known as Charlie Girl spent almost a quarter of a century at Te Anau Bird Sanctuary, where she fostered chicks, hatching and… Read more Audio

After an eight week trial, and 10 hours of deliberations over two days, former eye surgeon, Philip Polkinghorne has been found not guilty of murdering his wife Pauline Hanna three years ago. Jurors… Read more Audio

Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about fighting along the border between Israel and Lebanon ramping up, the attack in in Lebanon targeting pagers and walkie talkies and the the… Read more Audio

Is the government retiring work from home for public servants? It has just announced it wants to see more public servants back in the office each day and has issued new guidlines for CEO's. In a three… Read more Audio

Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about a 10 year old Japanese boy dying after being stabbed nearby his school in China, Sri Lanka getting ready to head to the polls as the country holds… Read more Audio

Provincial cities aren't normally thought of as thriving centres of drag queen culture. But Palmerston North is staking a claim as the nation's drag capital thanks to the popular annual Palmy Drag… Read more Audio

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