Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 October 2019

5:10 PM.The stepfather of a Canterbury University student whose body lay undiscovered at a hall of residence for weeks says he put the lack of contact during that time down to his son's busy student… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.The stepfather of a University of Canterbury student who was dead for weeks before he was found in his halls of residence says the accommodation provider sent him an overdue bill while his son's body… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Road users are set to foot the bill for improved safety inspections, after years of patchy oversight and dodgy warrants of fitness.

The government says the failings, detailed in two reviews released… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.A review of how the Immigration Minister came to approve residency for a convicted drug smuggler has concluded it's too high risk for ministers to be making decisions about deportations.

The report… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The inner workings of a Mr Big undercover police operation have been laid bare to a jury in a High Court murder trial.

At the end of a three month undercover operation, David Lyttle admitted to… Read more Video, Audio

6:10 PM.Auckland police are investigating the death of a woman in her eighties, who is suspected to have died after a burglary at her Avondale home.

Police were called to the woman's home in St George's Road… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.An immigration lawyer is warning against giving officials more power following the release of a report today into how convicted Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek was granted residency. The report by… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.The Greater Wellington Regional Council is being urged to establish a blue belt to protect the region's entire coast.

The idea - similar to protections made by the city's green belt on land - is… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.While there are many professional New Zealand rugby players and coaches plying their trade in Japan, there aren't many Kiwi teens like Warner Dearns doing it too. Read more Video, Audio