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Checkpoint for Wednesday 27 July 2016

  • RNZ Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 27th July 2016

    5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full show here. Video

  • 422,000 homes needed for Akld by 2040

    5:10 PM.The plan for Auckland's future is finally out of its box - and it includes much higher density housing across the city than previously talked about. Akld Correspondent Todd Niall joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

  • Akld mayoral candidates on revised Unitary Plan

    5:14 PM.While PM John Key calls Auckland's new Unitary Plan 'reasonable', three of the city's mayoral candidates are divided on its efficacy - and whether it takes too hard a line. Audio

  • Special interest groups express concerns on Plan

    5:17 PM.Residents' groups Character Coalition and the Panmure Residents Association say they are shocked and disappointed by the Unitary Plan released today. Audio

  • Grey Lynn residents sanguine on increased density

    5:21 PM.People living in Auckland's Grey Lynn appear pragmatic about the looming prospect of high density housing development in the future. Audio

  • Ray White's Chinese move "kick in the teeth" - Peters

    5:23 PM.NZ First leader Winston Peters has spoken out about leading real estate company Ray White's decision to partner with a Chinese company, calling it 'a kick in the teeth'. Audio

  • South Akld property manager kicks out tenants

    5:27 PM.Up to 150 people renting unconsented garages and single rooms in South Auckland from 'property manager' Debbie Iskandar now face homelessness. Audio

  • Evening Business News for 27 July 2016

    5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

  • IS terrorists kill priest in Rouen

    5:41 PM.One of two knife-wielding attackers who killed a 85-year-old priest and severely wounded a hostage in northern France has been revealed to be a well-known jihadist. Video, Audio

  • Access to Taranaki walkway at risk

    5:44 PM.A stoush between a Taranaki farmer and the Department of Conservation is threatening public access to one of the region's most famous walks, the White Cliffs Walkway. Video, Audio

  • How effective is the Mr Big scenario

    5:47 PM.Lawyers are divided on the police undercover technique known as the Mr Big scenario, with some citing its effectiveness in cold cases and others fearing false confessions. Eddie Gay reports. Audio

  • Women speak out about high prices for sanitary goods

    5:50 PM.The Salvation Army has joined with a supermarket and a Labour MP to raise awareness and call for donations of sanitary products for vulnerable women unable to afford them. Video, Audio

  • Council annouces water consent crackdown

    5:54 PM.The Canterbury Regional Council is getting tough with farmers who are breaching their water consents, saying people who continue to flout the rules will be prosecuted. Audio

  • Bacon and egg pie wins top pie award

    5:57 PM.A bacon and egg pie from Patrick Lam's Gold Star Bakery in Tauranga has beat out more than 500 competitors to be named New Zealand's best pie - its baker's fifth Supreme Pie Award. Audio

  • Unitary plan shows Akld going up and out

    6:09 PM.A revised version of the Unitary Plan has been unveiled by an independent hearings panel, and recomments nearly 60 percent of the city be zoned for higher density housing of two or three stoires. Video, Audio

  • Smith shows off Auckland SHAs

    6:15 PM.Minister of Housing and Building Nick Smith took John Campbell on a tour around Grey Lynn, Three Kings' Quarry and Weymouth ahead of the Unitary Plan announcement. Video, Audio