Checkpoint for Thursday 16 August 2018

6:22 PM.Māori and Pasifika youth in Auckland are fighting to keep open their community centres in the face of threats of closure. Despite bustling with activity, they don't have enough funds to sustain their… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.New Zealand's biggest basketball star Steven Adams is back in the country - with his trio of camps for aspiring junior players getting underway in Auckland this morning. Despite his contribution, the… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.At least 44 MPs own a home in Wellington, but the majority still claim accommodation expenses for when they're staying in the city. Zac Fleming asked National Party MP and whip Barbara Kuriger how the… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.As authorities keep searching through the twisted rubble of the bridge and the buildings it landed on, questions are being asked as to why it was still in use. CNN reporter Ian Lee joins Checkpoint… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The baristas at the cafe will be former inmates from Arohata women's prison who have completed an eight week training course from in prison. Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Christine Hallquist defeated three other candidates, including a 14-year-old boy, to win the Democratic Party nomination. Ryan Brooks reports. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.The protesters mooed and chanted outside the office of Murray Valentine, who has resource consent to farm up to 5000 dairy cows on his Simons Pass property. Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.The Minister for Greater Christchurch Regeneration Megan Woods promised back in April that earthworks would be underway in eight to ten weeks, so why is the site still a dusty mud pit? Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Kids were preparing to take an exam when a suicide bomb exploded at an education centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. Freelance journalist Akhtar Muhammad Makoii talks to John Campbell. Audio

5:18 PM.The death toll has risen and grief has turned to anger in Italy following the Genoa bridge collapse that has killed at least 39 and injured 24 others. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.For the first time in the history of the Māori King's koroneihana or coronation celebrations, media will be banned from the grounds of Tūrangawaewae Marae. Audio

5:14 PM.The real estate industry says the government's new ban will do nothing to deter foreign buyers - they'll just find a different way into the New Zealand market instead. Video, Audio

5:09 PM.MPs expenses have been officially released and show politicians have been spending up large on travel and accommodation. Political Editor Jane Patterson has the details. Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video