Checkpoint

Former Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio has revealed her next move. The star shooter has announced she'll link back up with the Central Pulse in next year's ANZ Premiership. It comes after weeks of speculation over Ekenasio's future after the 34 year-old made herself unavailable for the Silver Ferns this year. Sports correspondent Dana Johannsen spoke to Lisa Owen.

Asia correspondent Katie Silver spoke to Lisa Owen about China hosting its largest military parade in Beijing marking 80 years since the end of WWII.

Smith City, the well known furniture and electronics retailer went into voluntary administration yesterday. One Christchurch woman who paid nearly $4,500 for a lounge suite she's yet to see is upset and angry about how she's been treated by the company. Other customers are also concerned about whether they'll ever recieve their purchases, or get their money back. So what can consumers do after a business goes under? Auckland Barrister, Chris Patterson spoke to Lisa Owen.

Nelson Provincial Museum is in need of a new archive storage facility - it's current building is leaking and is too small to house the entire collection. But a proposed 15 million new building that was supposed to repace it has been scrapped - because of cost increases and funding pressures. Now there's a new plan to build a cheaper facility in Richmond. Both Nelson and Tasman's councils have committed 3-million to the project, but the issue has become a political football ahead of the local body elections. Samantha Gee has more.

A New Zealand-born, Australian-raised neo-Nazi leader has gatecrashed a press conference with the Victorian Premier just days after an attack on a First Nations camp. The press conference was cut short and Jacinta Allan left while her security detail tried to block Thomas Sewell and an associate. Australia correspondent Nicole Johnston joined Lisa Owen

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The All Blacks have begun their training in Auckland where they will defend their Eden Park fortress against the world champions.

The Building Industry Federation says the country's facing a slow motion energy crisis and gas is vital in the production of building products. It's worried rising energy prices could push the cost of construction materials even higher forcing more busineses to close. MBIE figures show natural gas reserves are down 27 percent compared to last year. The Building Industry Federation says its controversial but necessary for the government to intervene and re-allocate the gas that's going to Methanex to other manufacturers. Resources Minister and Associate Minister for Energy Shane Jones talks to Lisa Owen.

"Tired, sick and absolutely devastated by a system that is not allowing us to do our jobs." That from one of the 36,000 nurses on strike today - as the lengthy negotiations between Health NZ and the Nurses Organisation stall once again. Nurses picketed outside Minister of Health Simeon Brown's Auckland office, and at the Wellington Hospital. Health NZ says the strike has disrupted more than 13,000 surgeries and appointments. Felix Walton has more.

It's a slow-motion energy crisis that could collapse vital supply chains and push construction costs up even further. That from the boss of the Building Industry Federation who is calling on the government to take gas supply from New Zealand's biggest user Methanex and redistribute it to local manufacturers. Building Industry Federation chief executive Julien Leys says it's controversial but necessary. He talks to Lisa Owen.