Checkpoint for Friday 26 January 2018
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Checkpoint Cafe Chat: Big Mama's, Taumarunui talks heat wave
6:22 PM.People having lunch at Big Mama's cafe in Taumarunui - one of the hottest places in the country today - pass the phone around to talk to John Campbell about how they're coping with the heat. Audio
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Plastic bags to be banned in Vanuatu
6:19 PM.A ban on single-use plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes in Vanuatu is being billed as a benefit not only to the environment, but the local economy. Audio
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Whangarei youth welcome Govt focus on regional unemployment
6:14 PM.Northland reporter Lois Williams called in at the city's Youth Space today to ask teenagers their opinion of the $13 million He Poutama Rangatahi project. Audio
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Regional youth unemployment scheme given $13 million
6:08 PM.The He Poutama Rangatahi initiative was set up by the previous Government to target youth unemployment in the regions, and has received a $13 million backing by the new Government. Video, Audio
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Ewe auctions a rarity as sheep numbers dwindle
5:55 PM.In 1982 there were 22 sheep per person in New Zealand. Now that number's around six, making events like the historic Harwarden ewe auction, held in North Canterbury today, less common. Video, Audio
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Northland's only tertiary art course may be scrapped
5:51 PM.The region's polytech has warned it will end the programme unless there's an increase in student numbers, and with only days to go until this year's start date, it's ten students short. Audio
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New govt committed to new Dunedin hospital
5:45 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses plans for the region's new hospital. Audio
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Dunedin Law Courts reopened after $20m revamp
5:41 PM.The historic building was at risk of being mothballed after it was deemed an earthquake risk in 2011, but after a strident local campaign it underwent a $20 million restoration. Audio
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Dunedin Law Courts reopened after $20m revamp
5:41 PM.The historic building was at risk of being mothballed after it was deemed an earthquake risk in 2011, but after a strident local campaign it underwent a $20 million restoration. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint weather: Friday January 26
5:40 PM.MetService meteorologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio
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Evening business for Friday January 26
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Doomsday Clock moved to just two minutes to apocalypse
5:26 PM.The Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the clock forward 30 seconds, to put it the closest it's been to the apocalypse since 1953. Video, Audio
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Green Party to elect new co-leader
5:23 PM.Nominations open in a week's time, then in roughly two months, the party's delegates - all 150 of them - will vote. The new co-leader will be announced on April 8. Audio
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Farmer feels vindicated by Defence Force foam revelations
5:20 PM.A former Marlborough deer farmer lost a fortune fighting the Government over allegations his groundwater was poisoned by activities on the nearby Woodbourne air force base. Video, Audio
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Fears for drought-stricken farmers well-being
5:16 PM.Fears are growing for the well-being of South Taranaki farmers as drought conditions look set to continue into traditionally the driest part of the summer. Video, Audio
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Prisoners fainting as cells roast in heatwave - reports
5:13 PM.The Howard League for Penal Reform says its has reports of prisoners passing out in horrific conditions in unventilated container cells at Rimutaka prison. Audio
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Chief Coroner issues hot weather warning after woman dies
5:09 PM.A woman with multiple sclerosis died from hyperthermia on Wednesday when temperatures reached 32 degrees in Christchurch, and even hotter, up to 37 degrees, in the North Canterbury town of Waiau. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell for Friday, 26 January 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full show here. Video
