Checkpoint for Friday 28 February 2025

5:43 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about how the UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Donald Trump in Washington and an NHS nurse being paid out close to $100,000 NZD… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.The Mangere-Enviro hub is a Kainga Ora owned site which has been re-purposed from housing to an area with a community garden, composting and tree planting in the heart of South Auckland. Luka Forman… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:29 PM.Things have never quite been the same since the pandemic swept the globe and the country all but ground to a halt, with social distancing, supermarket queues and hand sanitiser coming to dominate our… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.The fourth Super Rugby Aupiki competition kicks off this weekend, as the Blues look to defend their title. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

5:07 PM.The boss of the government's drug buying agency has resigned and will leave the job at the end of May. Pharmac Chief Executive Sarah Fitt has faced repeated calls for her resignation from both… Read more Audio

4:49 PM.In the coming hours, the top 12 kapa haka groups at Te Matatini o Te Kahui Maunga will be announced - before they battle out to be the best for the final day tomorrow. Saturday will bring an end to… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.The controversial Pharmac CEO Sarah Fitt has resigned - the third health agency boss to go in as many weeks. She had a turbulent time at the top of the country's drug funding agency - with accusations… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.The owners of Whakaari/White Island have had their company's conviction over the volcano's deadly 2019 eruption, which killed 22 and seriously injured 25, quashed. Whakaari Management Limited, owned… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.After two ripper weekends of Super Rugby Pacific - fans will be hoping for more exciting action as the third round of the competition kicks off. RNZ's Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:22 PM.They're practically an endangered species, but if you're in Christchurch this weekend you may stumble across these rare creatures, flocking together as part of their annual migration, they are the… Read more Audio

4:13 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about Thailand deporting dozens of Uyghurs to China in a move that has attracted global criticism, Donald Trump wanting to slap yet more tariffs on… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.Most of us have them, some of us are often losing them - and it can cost a lot to replace them. Especially in recent years, the cost of getting some new car keys has ballooned into many hundreds of… Read more Audio