Checkpoint for Wednesday 23 October 2024

5:29 PM.Aotearoa's most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete will be missing from the 2026 event in Glasgow. Squash was one of several sports which have been axed for a scaled down version of the Games… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:16 PM.On Wednesday each week at Papakura High School, students can forget about reading writing and maths, and instead spend their time making jewellery, weightlifting, barbering, broadcasting or one of… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.An Australian aged care company is trying to coax kiwi workers to the Sunshine State with a golden package of incentives including free accomodation, sign on bonus', relocation fees and free flights… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.Drugs, toileting in the street, crime and increased domestic violence ... A roll call of bad behaviour that Rotorua's tourist operators blame on emergency motel accommodation that they want shut down… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.What's the difference between a car and a truck? It's hundreds of dollars if you're taking the Waiheke vehicle ferry. The definition is central to a dispute over fares on the Sealink ferry, the only… Read more Audio

4:34 PM.With spring comes butterflies, right? Well this year, maybe not. Internationally, 2024 has not be a good year for butterflies and local enthusiasts say it isn't looking much better here. So what's… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.A Christchurch bookstore could be facing it's final chapter with rising costs and changing tastes. Steadfast books on Ferry Road in Woolston is facing a 40% rent hike and that could mean its forced to… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about a number of North Korean soldiers arriving in Russia with South Korea denouncing the move, a move to ease tensions on India and China's border and… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.Consumer NZ tracked a series of return flights for a family of 4 over 18 weeks to see what happened to prices during school holidays. Turns out, according to Consumer, flights in the school holidays… Read more Audio