Checkpoint for Thursday 3 March 2022

5:07 PM.From seat of government to a pile of garbage - the mammoth task of restoring Wellington's Parliamentary precinct is underway.

Its lawn this morning resembling a bomb site with everything from… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.An intense bombardment is continuing in Ukraine's second largest city as Russia intensifies its attack trying to tighten its grip on the country.

Kharkiv, has suffered heavy shelling and the city… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.A tradie in Auckland says he knows about 25 people with Covid, none of whom have officially recorded their cases with the Ministry of Health.

There are 23,183 new cases in New Zealand on… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Sheep - they're written off as dimwitted despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

So, one sheep owner in Christchurch is out to prove once and for all that we've been underestimating the… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6299464784001 Video, Audio

5:35 PM.The post-protest clean up at Parliament will come with a hefty price tag in more ways than one.

Police moved in yesterday to clear out the tent town and its occupants after they say those with good… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.While the clean-up got underway on Parliament's front lawn, party leaders were calling for those involved in yesterday's violence to be held accountable.

The grounds are still closed to the public… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The Parliament protest quickly spilled out onto the streets around the Beehive and planted itself on the door step of Victoria University of Wellington.

A glass frontage of the Pipitea campus was… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The final shipment of crude oil is on its way to New Zealand - with the country's only refinery about to close.

It will arrive at Marsden Point this weekend as all future shipments will be carrying… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.A Taranaki school says it can't open some of its windows as the noise of traffic speeding along the highway outside is thundering through classrooms.

Egmont Village School sits on State Highway 3… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.The southern Ukrainian port city of Kherson has been over-run by Russian troops.

The mayor says invading forces are on the streets and have forced their way into government buildings.

Other key… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.It might be happening on the other side of the world but the economic shockwaves of the Russian invasion of Ukraine will reach New Zealand.

Tightened oil and gas stocks out of Russia is leading to… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.More than half-a-million New South Wales residents have been urged to evacuate their homes, as river levels continue to rise.

NSW is being hit by broad areas of thunderstorms as a severe weather… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.It was another day of record Covid-19 infections, with 23,183 new community cases reported by the Ministry of Health. Read more Audio