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Checkpoint for Tuesday 1 August 2017
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Labour Party's leadership near unknown in South Auckland
6:20 PM.Reporter Laura Tupou talks to South Auckland voters about the Labour Party. Video, Audio
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Panel discusses new Labour leaders and getting people out to vote
6:13 PM.Former Labour president Mike Williams, marketing strategist Robert Bree and Dr Ella Henry talk to John Campbell about the Labour Party's new leadership and how to engage with non-voters. Video, Audio
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'Our policies are the policies people need'
6:08 PM.Labour Party's first Maori deputy leader speaks to John Campbell about his new role. Video, Audio
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Jobless to help clean up farms after Otago's flood
5:54 PM.Unemployed people will help clean up flooded dairy farms in Otago after the Government declared a 'medium-scale' natural disaster. Video, Audio
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Napier hires guards to battle beggars
5:51 PM.Napier City Council is hiring security guards to patrol its city centre in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour by a group of beggars, while Hastings is tackling its social problems with a very… Read more Audio
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Community workers: Govt's homelessness initiatives not working
5:48 PM.Community workers in South Auckland say there are more and more people sleeping rough, and the Government's initiatives to try to deal with homelessness aren't working. Audio
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Property developer wants end to investment housing tax breaks
5:44 PM.Auckland leading property developer Ted Manson has called for an end to tax breaks on investment housing as he detailed the biggest-single philantrophic plan to build social housing. Audio
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Gerry Brownlee acted 'unlawfully' over uninsured land, court rules
5:41 PM.The former Earthquake Recovery Minister's decision to exclude uninsured Canterbury landowners under the Recovery Plan was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled in an interim judgement. Read more Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 1 August 2017
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Wellington locals share their views on Labour's leadership
5:29 PM.Wireless journalist Max Towle hits the streets in Wellington to ask people what they make of Labour's new leadership. Video, Audio
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New Labour leadership a game-changer, Greens co-leader says
5:26 PM.Green Party co-leader James Shaw says Labour's new leader Jacinda Ardern will turn the election into a "real competition". Read more Video, Audio
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Northland locals expect Kelvin Davis 'to make a difference'
5:21 PM.Whangarei residents say they're delighted their local MP Kelvin Davis is Labour's first Maori deputy leader. Audio
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'She's pretty special' - Jacinda Ardern's mum boasts
5:20 PM.Labour's new leader's parents live in Niue, where her father Ross is the New Zealand High Commissioner. Jacinda Ardern's mother Laurell talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Jacinda Ardern: 'I'm absolutely confident'
5:14 PM.She entered Parliament as the youngest MP nine years ago, and today she became Labour's youngest leader. Jacinda Ardern talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Labour's leadership switched in high-speed turn of events
5:09 PM.Jacinda Ardern is promising to run the "campaign of our lives" after becoming Labour's youngest ever leader. RNZ Deputy Political Editor Chris Bramwell reports on how the day unfolded. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 1st August 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video