Checkpoint for Monday 17 May 2021

5:06 PM.With just two months to the Tokyo Olympics, are the Games really a go?

The host nation has ramped up its Covid-19 controls - expanding the current state of emergency from six areas including Tokyo to… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says athletes would be "out of your mind not to be vaccinated" before heading to Japan.

Pound told Checkpoint he has his ticket to Tokyo and unless… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The High Court at New Plymouth has heard a man who died while in custody at the Hawera Police Station last year would have survived if he had got medical attention sooner.

Allen Ball died in the… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.National MPs are rallying behind their leader Judith Collins after last night's dire political poll and endorsing her claims of a separatist government agenda.

The Newshub Reid Research poll - which… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.A class action lawsuit is alleging a major building product manufacturer never tested its product before selling it - and once they knew it was defective, continued selling it.

More than a thousand… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.Sharing the load could come with a healthy boost to the economy.

A Westpac / Deloitte survey has found just seven percent of heterosexual couples, who both work full time, share the domestic chores… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6254530722001 Video, Audio

5:41 PM.The trades industry is getting a shake up thanks to a new project working to get more Pasifika and Māori women to pick up the tools.

Last year just one in 40 new trades apprentices were women, now… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Wellington is wagging goodbye to plastic registration tags for dogs in a bid to cut down on waste.

They will be replaced with a single metal tag that should last the dog's lifetime - although owners… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.Auckland's Te Puea Marae was thrown into the spotlight five years ago, as it opened its doors to help dozens of homeless whānau.

It's still helping vulnerable families, as a transitional housing… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.The All Blacks will play two tests against Fiji and one against Tonga in a rejigged July schedule.

The changes have been brought about following Italy's decision to pull out of their tour here… Read more Audio