Checkpoint for Wednesday 31 May 2017
-
Lions arrive in NZ ahead of 1st match on Saturday
6:25 PM.After a 12 year wait, the British and Irish Lions have returned. Sports reporter Matt Chatterton joins Checkpoint from the Lion's press conference in Auckland. Video, Audio
-
Scammer tries to trick the police
6:21 PM.A scammer is doing the rounds in New Zealand, calling people and asking them if they can fix their computer. But they made a wrong call when they dialled Sergeant Tristan Murray's number. Video, Audio
-
Bonamia parasite threatening Bluff oyster industry again
6:18 PM.The infectious organism is not harmful to people, but could devastate the region's flat oyster industry as it did in the early 1990s and the early 2000s. Audio
-
Defence Force to be first smokefree military by 2020
6:14 PM.The country's biggest employer plans to stub out smoking completely in three years - six years before the Government's smokefree target. Audio
-
Native birds at risk of extinction without tourist tax
6:08 PM.In a new report, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, says 80 percent of native bird species are in trouble. Video, Audio
-
Lions tickets sent to wrong house
5:56 PM.Eight tickets to the Lions vs Hurricanes match in Wellington on June 27 arrived in the wrong letterbox in a small rural North Island town. Video, Audio
-
Victoria University hall gets second liquor ban after riot
5:49 PM.At least two doors were torn off their hinges, chairs were thrown through walls, toilets damaged and lamps destroyed at Joan Stevens Hall on The Terrace on Saturday night. Audio
-
Record year for HIV diagnoses
5:45 PM.New figures from the AIDS Epidemiology Group show a record number New Zealanders, 224, were diagnosed with HIV last year. Audio
-
Govt won't meet target without Healthy Homes Bill - doctor
5:44 PM.Professor Innes Asher told a select committee today that Andrew Little's healthy homes bill is the only way the government will be able to reach its goal of keeping more kids out of hospital. Audio
-
Young Maori get help to get drivers licence and passports
5:41 PM.The Government will help pay for young Maori get their drivers licences in an effort to get them into work and keep them out of jail. Audio
-
Evening business for 31 May 2017
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
-
Team NZ beat Artemis again
5:29 PM.Team New Zealand's broken Swedish hearts two days in a row beating Artemis at the America's Cup in Bermuda, in another race involving a penalty. Video, Audio
-
Pohutukawa at risk of dying off
5:26 PM.The iconic native tree could be one of the worst affected plants, or even die off completely, as the myrtle rust outbreak spreads. Audio
-
Warning for rodeo cowboy caught electric-shocking calves
5:21 PM.A rodeo cowboy who was caught abusing animals earlier this year has escaped formal punishment - a decision animal welfare activists say is ludicrous. Read more Video, Audio
-
Lions arrive full of confidence for first tour in 12 years
5:18 PM.The 41-strong squad touched down at Auckland Airport and was welcomed with a powhiri inside the terminal before being greeted by excited fans. Video, Audio
-
80% of NZ native birds in trouble
5:14 PM.Eighty percent of New Zealand's native bird species are in trouble, with some teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment… Read more Audio
-
Mental health needs 'urgent attention'
5:08 PM.The Auditor General's report into the care mental health patients receive showed not a single District Health Board met follow up targets, and there was a poor availability of suitable accommodation.
… -
Checkpoint with John Campbell, Wednesday 31st May 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video
