Checkpoint for Monday 30 May 2022

5:07 PM.A gang feud continues to spill over in Auckland and Northland, with hundreds of rounds of ammunition and several firearms seized.

There's been multiple shooting incidents across Auckland suburbs… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Covid has crept its way into the Prime Minister's delegation just days before her sit down meeting with US President Joe Biden.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Chris Seed… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The government has announced plans this afternoon to bust up the supermarket duopoly, but has stopped short of forcing the two big chains to sell off some of their assets.

It's adopting 12 of 14… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Checkpoint can reveal it cost $9.1 million to transport returning New Zealanders to MIQ facilities after health officials deemed it "no longer justified".

MIQ was maintained for three months despite… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.People are getting re-infected with Covid-19, but the Ministry of Health is telling people re-infected within 90 days not to get tested again.

International cases are suggesting it's becoming more… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.Some tangata whenua can't legally access their own land and it's preventing them building houses for whanau who want to live there.

It comes after RNZ this morning reported barriers at the bank are… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.For the second time in a fortnight, US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have consoled a community grieving after a mass shooting.

First it was Buffalo where 10 people died inside a… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Mid Canterbury was reeling this time 12 months ago when a one-in-200 year flood battered the region.

It caused widespread damage to farms in the Ashburton district, but urban areas did not go… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Contractors are clearing debris from roads in the upper North Island that have been walloped by storms today.

Some parts of Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau had between 20 and 40mm of rain in an… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Contraceptive injections are being given to Kaimanawa wild horses to curb herd growth and take pressure off the rehoming programme.

Musters have been held every one or two years to keep numbers in… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The National Party has held its lead over Labour in the latest One News/Kantar poll.

It seems Labour's big budget announcement last week haven't convinced voters, they've dropped two percent to sit… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.A speeding driverless car, with a brick weighing down the accelerator, has smashed into other park vehicles in Christchurch and has residents fearing someone could be seriously hurt if it happens… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.The HSBC New Zealand Sevens tournament is returning to Hamilton after a two year hiatus from the Waikato city.

It was first hosted there in 2018 after attendances in Wellington declined, but Covid… Read more Audio