Checkpoint for Friday 24 February 2017
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Another 16 teams take to the stage at national kapa haka festival
6:25 PM.It was a day of firsts and lasts at Te Matatini today with one Hawke's Bay iwi having their first team perform, and one performer putting on their last show. Read more Video, Audio
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A hot minute with the Mt Albert by-election candidates
6:20 PM.Mt Albert voters will go to the polls tomorrow to select a new MP. Checkpoint invited the three frontrunners to sum up their campaigns in just one minute. Video, Audio
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Indian students vow to continue fighting deportation
6:15 PM.A group of Indian students who are on the verge of being deported plan to push Indian police to press charges against their agents, while their lawyer continues their fight in New Zealand. Video, Audio
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Firefighters suck up Port Hills water supply
6:11 PM.Residents are being asked to conserve water because reservoirs in Christchurch's Port Hills are struggling with increased pressure from firefighters. Video, Audio
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Mother pleads for justice after son dies 15 months after attack
6:07 PM.The Minister of Justice Amy Adams says she'll review section 162 of the Crimes Act following an appeal from a family whose son died 15 months after a vicious assault. Video, Audio
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Quakes, fires, insurance claims - and then a parking ticket
5:50 PM.Christchurch woman Pam Sharpe has endured earthquakes, fires and dealing with insurance companies, but then she received a parking ticket. She tells Checkpoint what happened next. Video, Audio
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Auckland Islands a glimpse of NZ's predator free future
5:45 PM.Sea lions, royal albatrosses, a rare rata forest and yellow-eyed penguin chicks were just some of the animals RNZ's Ian Telfer saw on a trip to the largest of NZ's subantarctic islands. Video, Audio
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Taranaki polytech gets fail grade
5:42 PM.NZQA downgraded the Western Institute of Technology from a category one provider to category three, making it the lowest rated public tertiary education provider in the county. Audio
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Evening Business for 24 February 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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'For the past 22 years it's deteriorated'
5:28 PM.We sent reporters to the Waikato, Canterbury and Lower Hutt to ask people when they last swam in a river, and how their local rivers are doing. Video, Audio
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'Very confusing': Watchdog critical of water quality changes
5:23 PM.Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, says there are some good parts to the new freshwater targets, but also some very concerning aspects. Read more Video, Audio
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Police Commissioner apologetic for drink driving
5:15 PM.Mike Bush, the country's top police officer, was convicted of drink driving 34 years ago in 1983. Mr Bush describes what happened to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Family appeal to change time limit for charge over son's death
5:10 PM.George Siaosi died 15 months after he was king hit in Auckland in 2015. But his assailant can't be charged with his death, because it occurred more than one year and one day after the event. Read more Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 24th February 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
