Checkpoint for Friday 22 April 2022

6:11 PM.There's still no collection for soft plastics in the top of the South Island - despite the scheme restarting nationwide more than two years ago.

The scheme stopped in 2018 when offshore plants said… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.New Zealand Rugby has appointed the former Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy to its board.

Dame Patsy joins respected rugby administrator Rowena Davenport as new NZR Board appointees. The move comes… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Engines are revving and bar tills ringing in Palmerston North for the city's biggest weekend of the year.

The Superstock Teams' Champs bring thousands of petrol heads to Manawatū and pump millions of… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A fatberg's caused a raw sewage overflow into Stephens bay at the gateway to the Able Tasman National Park. 

The wetland and beach is being monitored for contamination after a fat residue buildup… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Jacinda Ardern is wrapping up the final leg of her overseas mission after a pivotal sit-down with Japan's prime minister.

The two leaders met in Tokyo overnight and emerged with an agreement which… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Portugese prosecutors have officially declared someone a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler, Madeleine McCann. 

The three-year-old went missing during a family holiday to Portugal in… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.A blue 2018 Suzuki Swift car has been apparently abandoned at the New Plymouth Airport carpark for two years. 

Parked up as people and planes come and go; the tidy little car has been a constant… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Now to the Canterbury town that's got make shift showers in a car park because what runs out of their taps, gives people rashes.

The water in Springfield runs brown or yellow and in the last year… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.New inflation figures show grocery food prices have gone up 6.7 percent in the past year. Fruit and vegetable prices are up 18 percent. What costs are involved in the rising prices?

Chair of… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Just when we thought it couldn't get any higher, fruit and vegetable growers say they may be forced to let crops rot as record inflation takes hold.

Tomatoes, broccoli and lettuces have already… Read more Video, Audio