Checkpoint

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The Ministry of Education says suggestions information isn't recorded in writing to avoid scrutiny are unacceptable. It comes after a leaked video showed an official telling staff not to put things into writing - the ministry's chief executive is now looking into whether it's an isolated incident. Parliament held an urgent debate on the matter this afternoon - on its penultimate sitting day this term. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Lisa Owen.

The world champion English women's rugby team's incredible 39-match winning run has come to an end, after a draw at the weekend. The result has buoyed the Black Ferns who will now look to hand the Roses their first loss since the 2022 world cup final. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

Search crews have been scouring a South Westland lake today for signs of a plane that went missing without a trace, half a century ago, with seven people on board. The renewed search for flight ZK-EBU has brought relative to the shores of Lake Moeraki north of Haast, after volunteer aviation investigators reported spotting an object on the lakebed. Reporter Katie Todd spoke to Lisa Owen.

The Australian Government has just released its latest Intergenerational Report.

A public meeting is being held in Pahiatua over the state of the medical centre in the Tararua District town. Reporter Mary Argue was there and spoke to Lisa Owen.

Public meetings are being held in the Tararua district focusing on the dire state of primary health care. Six staff, including four nurses at the Pahiatua Medical centre tendered their resignations yesterday over what they have described as a ballooning safety crisis. Health New Zealand's Geoff Gwyn, who's the central region's director planning, funding and outcomes spoke to Lisa Owen.

A woman, who's had her driver testing credentials revoked as part of an NZTA investigation, says she's done nothing wrong and the students she passed are fit to be on the road. In July, 23 testing officers were suspended or stood down from practical driver licence testing. NZTA alleges they have abnormally high pass rates, that's unlikely to be by chance. Michaela Howe categorically denies any wrong doing and spoke to Lisa Owen.

A woman who scammed a man out of more than half a million dollars was posing as a police recruit in Australia. She made promises to cross the Tasman and move to Dunedin to be with the man, when in reality the scammer was unemployed and living rent-free in Auckland with her mother. Court documents released to RNZ reveal the scale of the romance ruse that strung along the man for 18 years, even as he battled lung cancer. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Lisa Owen.

The Football Ferns want to leave no stone unturned as they look ahead to next year's Football World Cup in Brazil. After four months apart the team will come together again against Panama next month - with two new faces in camp. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.