Checkpoint for Friday 11 March 2022

7:06 PM.Fuel company Waitomo has warned customers its petrol prices are about to go up from the end of the week.

Waitomo Group Managing Director Jimmy Ormsby talks to Lisa Owen.

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5:14 PM.Apocalyptic conditions - that's how aid agencies are describing what the people of the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol are now facing as the invasion of the country enters its third week.

With… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Health authorities are hopeful Auckland's turned the corner in its Covid cases, but the region's hospitals are being stretched to their limits.

There are nearly 21,000 new cases today, with 856… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.It's hoped changes to contentious lending rules will be the break many first home buyers need.

Tighter lending restrictions were brought in late last year to crack down on predatory lending - but… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.National's leadership woes look to be over as it experiences its version of "Jacindamania" - a surge in support due to "Christophoria".

The latest 1News Kantar poll puts National out in front for the… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Hitching posts are long gone from the Manawatū town of Feilding.

But the clip clop of horses hooves returned to its centre today as part of a campaign to ensure riders aren't forgotten in plans for… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:39 PM.Covid's created a rubbish situation in Christchurch, like an actual rubbish situation.

Residents are being asked not to put their bins out unless they're full up, because a bunch of truck drivers are… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Tauranga isn't ready to get its council back, with the minister leaving commissioners in place for at least another two years.

The dysfunctional council was sacked in December 2020, and commissioners… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A NZ BBQ champ is expecting some sizzling competition when he goes up against some of the world's top grillers this weekend.

Cantabrian Dean Davis is one of two New Zealanders who qualified for the… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.From bake sales and uniform-free school days, NFT auctions bringing in millions of dollars in crypto - our increasingly digital and social world is opening up new ways of getting much-needed funds to… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Russia has launched a fresh assault on the besieged city of Mariupol less than a day after the brutal bombing of a maternity hospital.

It comes after Russia and Ukraine's foreign ministers failed to… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.While Omicron cases soar in the North Island, health services across Te Wai Poumanu are still waiting for the worst to hit.

Community healthcare will bear the brunt of caring for Covid-patients and… Read more Audio