Checkpoint for Tuesday 24 November 2020

5:07 PM.The government is looking to conscript the Reserve Bank to help check the skyrocketing price of housing in New Zealand.

The central bank's been copping some blame as cheap credit driven by record low… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.A human rights lawyer says Corrections appears to have broken the law by keeping two women in a segregation unit at Auckland Women's Prison for four months in conditions likened to those of caged… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.After weeks of defiance, or some would argue, denial, Donald Trump has started making steps towards conceding defeat.

He has authorised the federal agency that handles the transition of power to… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.A former Dunedin doctor found guilty of killing teenager Amber-Rose Rush continues to deny he was the murderer.

Venod Skantha was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 19… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.New Zealand au pair agencies say they will go under unless the government gives them an exemption to bring in overseas workers, which they say allows essential employees like nurses and doctors to do… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:41 PM.The Workplace Relations Minister isn't ruling out lifting the minimum wage in line with the living wage.

A new report from the Helen Clark Foundation and the New Zealand Institute of Economic… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Who owns the DNA that you leave on your abandoned coffee mug or a discarded cigarette butt?

And should police be able to use samples provided to those website that help you trace your family tree?

… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Mana whenua have today made their case against a controversial dump proposed for the Dome Valley, north of Auckland.

Waste Management has sought resource consent for the 60-hectare dump 5-kilometres… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Corrections chief custodial officer Neil Beales is defending the use of pepper spay at Auckland Women's Prison even on inmates with asthma.

Beales said he could not address any of the specifics of… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.Aucklanders can expect to be paying higher water bills next year, with WaterCare reviewing its pricing as the effects of Covid-19 continue to bite.

The council-controlled organisation has faced… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.A local government expert says installing a Commissioner at the embattled Invercargill City Council is the most sensible option.

The council's under increasing scrutiny after the Department of… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.A major shakeup of the rules around how DNA is used for criminal investigations is being proposed by the Law Commission.

The current law is described as outdated, and doesn't properly consider human… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.The Restaurant Association is investigating claims of bullying and inappropriate behaviour by the owner of one of Christchurch's best known cafes.

It's as calls mount for Sam Crofskey to be removed… Read more Audio