Checkpoint for Thursday 30 October 2025

5:44 PM.Australia corresponent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about a surge in inflation coming as a shock to markets and economists, dashing hopes that the country's central bank could deliver a much… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:33 PM.It was a win followed by a loss - all in one outing for the Silver Ferns last night. The upshot was Australia reclaiming the Constellation Cup. A new innovation introduced this year saw an additional… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.There's another two cases of measles both in Auckland bringing the total in this outbreak to 13. At a briefing today Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora revealed it can cope with up to a hundred cases a… Read more Audio

5:17 PM."All it takes is one taste and once you've tasted it, it will spiral out of control." That from an Auckland man who's worried if the Online Casino Gambling Bill goes ahead more people could become… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.More than 88 percent of Fonterra's famer shareholders today voted to sell Mainland, Kapiti and Anchor to French dairy giant Lactalis for $4.2 billion. Winston Peters' has labelled the decision utter… Read more Audio

4:54 PM.Road users have a little over a month-and-a half to give feedback on the government's land transport reforms. The government is proposing to reduce the frequency of Warrant of Fitness checks for light… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Clutha's crying out for more help after last weeks devastating wind storm. Farmers have got kilometres of fencing that needs fixing after being taken out by falling trees, more than 1600 homes in the… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Should the clanging of prison gates replace the rigour of military detention for a soldier who tried to spy on New Zealand? That's the decision a panel of three judges will now grapple with after a… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The Football Ferns fittingly honoured former captain Ali Riley ahead of today's game against the world no.2 USA in Missouri. Riley was capped 163 times for New Zealand and has ended her career playing… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.A Kiwi chick has been born on Waiheke island, the first in the area. The parents were recent arrivals too, among 10 kiwi released on the eastern most isolated side of Waiheke on Te Matuku peninsula… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Fonterra's sale of its consumer brands to the world's largest dairy conglomerate based in France got an overwhelming vote of approval from dairy farmer shareholders today. Lactalis is paying the New… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump's high-stakes trade meeting with China's Xi Jinping, as well as at least 60 people being killed in attacks on alleged… Read more Audio