Checkpoint for Thursday 30 May 2024

5:52 PM.One way the government's clawing back some money in the Budget is by increasing what international visitors have to pay when they arrive here. Chris Roberts was the head of Tourism Industry Aotearoa… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth asks Panmure residents what they made of the Budget. Audio

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about China lifting its ban on Australian beef imports. Audio

5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:26 PM.Finance Minister Nicola Willis joins Lisa Owen to discuss her first Budget Audio

5:23 PM.The fight for governance change at New Zealand Rugby looks set to rumble with provincial unions comfortable with the prospect of the Players Association breaking away. Rugby reporter Joe Porter was at… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.The Government's first Budget doesn't contain money for the lifesaving cancer treatments National promised in the election campaign. Association of Salaried Medical Specialists executive director… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.Economist Susan St John on Budget 2024 Audio

5:08 PM.The Finance Minister has delivered her first Budget - and says she has kept her pledge to New Zealanders. Our political reporter Giles Dexter has more. Audio

4:41 PM.Budget debate: Lisa Owen is joned by BBM Community Kitchen and Foodshare operator David Letele; former Labour MP and now CEO of Community Law Centres o Aotearoa Sue Moroney; and managing director of… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Thousands of protesters hit the roads and streets from Northland to Invercargill today to oppose government policies toward Maori. Lauren Crimp reports. Audio

4:32 PM.Reporter Luka Forman asked folks in Auckland's Onehunga how they feel about the government's tax cuts Audio

4:24 PM.Calculators at the ready ..its time to talk tax cuts... the government's budget centre piece costing three-point-seven billion dollars a year. Infometrics chief economist Brad Olsen crunched the… Read more Audio

4:18 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich speaks to Lisa Owen about the jury in Donald Trump's criminal trial starting deliberations today. Audio

4:16 PM.We asked some people in Christchurch what they think of the budget - and the tax cuts. Audio

4:06 PM.The back pocket promise has been kept by a finance minister who staked her job on it. RNZ political editor Jo Moir goes over the winners and losers with Lisa Owen. Audio