New Zealand
In debt Ruapehu skifields company in voluntary administration
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts has been put into voluntary administration.
The company operates the Whakapapa and Tūroa skifields in the central North Island.
Our reporter Katie Todd has the details.
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NZ Post opens new Wellington depot with automated processing
New Zealand Post has opened a new Wellington depot - the first automated processing hub in the lower North Island with its own super sorter machine.
Visual journalist Samuel Rillstone went to see how… Video, Audio
Second mass stranding of whales on Rekohu 'unbelievable'
'Unbelievable'. That's the word the Mayor of the Chatham Islands is using to describe the second mass stranding of pilot whales in less than a week.
Almost 500 have beached since Friday in two… Audio
Only six Auckland outlets get bollards approved from Jan-Aug
Despite a swathe of ram raids across the city, just six Auckland businesses had their applications for bollards approved in the first eight months of this year.
Data obtained by Checkpoint under the… Video, Audio
Beef and Lamb NZ respond to agriculture emissions scheme
Farmers are claiming the government's new agriculture emissions scheme could put farmers out business.
The government plan unveiled today will see famers pay for pollution by 2025 and is largely… Video, Audio
Evening business for 11 October 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Cricket: Black Caps announce two tours of Pakistan
The Black Caps will make up for their 11th-hour withdrawal from Pakistan last year by touring there twice in the space of five months.
While the double tours come as a result of that hasty exit due… Video, Audio
Immigration just part of answer to nursing shortage - Health Minister
Only 22 nurses have arrived in New Zealand from overseas since the government unveiled incentives to coax health workers here. They are among the 341 new additions to nursing in the past three months.
…Crown appeals sentence for convicted teen rapist
The Crown has been appealing the sentence handed down to 18 year old Jayden Meyer, who raped four girls and sexually violated another.
Meyer was a minor at the time of his offending. He was sentenced… Video, Audio
Govt announces agricultural emissions reduction plan, based on He Waka Eke Noa
Farmers will start paying for emissions by 2025. The government's gone with He Waka Eke Noa's sector consultation document - with some tweaks around the pricing scheme.
There'll be two separate taxes… Video, Audio
Auckland Council chief executive on Wayne Brown's first day
Auckland Council chief executive Jim Stabback says there are financial challenges that need solving in the council's books, especially in an environment of high inflation.
"All the information we… Video, Audio
Coroner's inquest begins into death of Alo Ngata in police cell
The coroner's inquest into the death of a man who was left face-down in a police cell with an incorrectly fitted spit hood covering his face has begun in Auckland today. The man's family filled the… Audio
AT ordered at least 350 Ubers for stranded ferry passengers in past year
Fullers has called on Uber to pick up Auckland Transport commuters on at least 350 occasions this year, when it's had to cancel ferries.
On hundreds more occasions, when the cancellation has happened… Video, Audio
Patient data on dark web after hack of NZ primary health provider
Senstive patient data has made its way to the dark web, more than a week after a cyber attack on a primary health provider. Pinnacle Midlands Health Network operates several North Island GP practices… Video, Audio
Prime Minister dismisses swing to right in local body elections
The Prime Minister is shrugging off the local body election results which saw a dramatic swing to the right across many centres. The opposition parties are hoping to leverage the result to propel them… Audio
Evening business for 10 October 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Aged care staff shortage may for Auckland rest home to close
An Auckland resthome says it may be forced to close its doors if it can't find 24 more health care workers. The not-for-profit Mercy Parklands resthome in Ellerslie says they're so short-staffed… Audio
1300 UK football fans barred from Qatar's World Cup
The past has caught up with a big bunch of badly behaving English football fans. The UK government has banned 13 hundred supporters from travelling to the upcoming World Cup in Qatar - forcing them to… Video, Audio
Top ADHD doctor charged over wrongly prescribing drugs
One of the country's leading ADHD doctors has been charged with wrongly prescribing ritalin or similar drugs more than 5000 times. Auckland GP Tony Hanne is before the Health Practitioners… Audio
Auckland Councillors ready to work with Wayne Brown
While Auckland's new mayor is not giving much away, Checkpoint called two returning councillors to see what their aspirations for this term are.
Labour aligned Councillor Josephine Bartley won the… Video, Audio
