Checkpoint for Thursday 31 May 2018

6:15 PM.A Wellington couple building their dream waterfront home say they're living a nightmare after they were sold an incorrectly marked grade of steel. Video, Audio

6:10 PM.TVNZ has secured the rights to broadcast the next America's Cup, while work is well underway behind the scenes to transform parts of Auckland's waterfront for the defence. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A Hawke's Bay iwi and a local winery who have been at loggerheads over a controversial track snaking up Te Mata Peak say they're going to close it and build a new one together. Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The Canterbury earthquakes damaged the facility beyond use, and almost six years after it was demolished, a new facility known as Taiora QE2 has risen from the rubble. Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Conditions at some emergency housing providers in Whanganui are so poor they are putting vulnerable people at risk, the city's Salvation Army's tenancy manager for emergency housing says. Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Sex workers say they are being undercut and crowded out by foreign prostitutes working in breach of their visas, because New Zealand is seen as an easy sex work holiday. Audio

5:38 PM.The 'three strikes' law is set to be axed, with Justice Minister Andrew Little saying he will take a proposal to Cabinet to repeal it in 10 days. That's bad news for Norm Withers, who wants tougher… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.The Mycoplasma bovis 'road show' headed to Makuri, near Palmerston North, today. John Campbell called the Makuri Country Club to speak to farmers. First up was dairy farmer and Tararua District Mayor… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Ukraine's security services say they faked the murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko to save him from what they said was a real assassination plot by Russia. Even his family thought he was… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.The taxpayer has paid potentially millions of dollars in free renovations to private homeowners as a result of Housing New Zealand's botched campaign against methamphetamine contamination. Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford has been labelled a hypocrite for refusing to apologise or compensate tenants who were kicked out of their HNZ houses because of flawed meth testing guidelines. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.An Auckland petrol tax is now a reality after the council voted two-to-one in favour. Petrol prices will go up by 11.5 cents a litre in July. Auckland Issues Correspondent Todd Niall reports. Video, Audio

Watch Thursday's full programme here.