Checkpoint for Wednesday 29 January 2020

5:09 PM.The Serious Fraud Office has filed criminal charges against four people in relation to electoral donations paid into a National Party bank account.

It comes after former National MP Jami-Lee Ross… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The government is touting the multi-billion-dollar infrastructure package as the biggest investment in a generation - but National is accusing it of just dusting off plans it was progressing when it… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The government has accused National of sitting on his hands for nine years and touting so called "ghost" projects that were never actually funded.

That's something National says is simply not true.

… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The Prime Minister has announced a joint New Zealand-Australian operation to evacuate people stuck in China due to the Wuhan corona virus outbreak.

The death toll caused by the respiratory illness… Read more Audio

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

5:38 PM.The government is being criticised for keeping the future of public broadcasting behind closed doors, as it pushes ahead on a plan to merge RNZ and TVNZ.

Ministers have signed off on a high-level… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Do you know which types of plastic go in your recycling bin and which ones don't?

Should you keep the lid on or take it off? If you're confused by the rules in your town, you're probably not alone -… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.How worried should New Zealanders be about our low rubbish recycling rates? An Auckland waste consultant says we're being unfairly blamed for the poor plastic habits of food companies and shouldn't… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Reaction to the Prime Minister's huge spend-up on roads has been swift and mixed.

Jacinda Ardern has revealed $5.3 billion will go on building new roads and improving existing ones, with the money… Read more Audio

6:24 PM.Teachers around the country could be paying almost double in registration fees if they want to remain in their jobs.

The Teaching Council announced they intend to increase the fees to cope with the… Read more Audio

6:24 PM.A relic of New Zealand's rail past has emerged from the mud 93 years after being dumped in a Southland River.

The Lumsden Heritage Trust has been campaigning to retrieve the two 1885 V class steam… Read more Video, Audio