Checkpoint for Tuesday 3 June 2025

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about the nation's Fair Work commission ruling Australia's lowest paid workers will recieve an above inflation wage increase, as well as long-term… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.Just hours before NZME's annual shareholder meeting, which is expected to roll out some big changes, its rival Stuff made its own headlines. The company announced that Stuff Digital was selling a 50… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.After one of the closest and most compelling competitions in recent years, the Super Rugby Pacific finals are coming up. With several side's fates decided in the final round, sports reporter Jonty… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Senior government minister Chris Bishop said his comments directed at a performance at the Aotearoa Music Awards were due to his frustration at its politicisation. The minister was heard saying "what… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.An Auckland woman is questioning a $300 GP charge for a so called 'menopause' consultation, to discuss hormone replacement therapy. A regular 15 minute Doctors visit at the central Auckland clinic is… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.John Schofield, who's in his 70s, was dragged to safety on Friday after he was caught in rogue waves while fishing near the mouth of the Otaki River on the Kapiti Coast. A kite surfer spotted him in… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.Animal rights activists have presented a petition calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks, which they say cause unnecessary physical and psychological harm to the country's animals. The… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.The 20 cricketers who have secured Black Caps contracts for the next season have been named. Two veteran spinners have made way for up and coming talent and the retirement of a former captain also… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Point Chevalier Bowling Club got rid of the slot machines last year and has focused on attracting a new generation of members, while keeping their older patrons. It's been hard graft but the club that… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about how more information has come to light about the man accused of setting fire to a group of pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Whakatane is getting a three strikes policy for rubbish recyclers, that's people who are rubbish at sorting their kerbside recycling and greenwaste bins. Anyone caught three times with contaminated… Read more Audio