Checkpoint for Tuesday 26 July 2022

5:07 PM.Many areas of Christchurch are underwater, dealing with what's been described as the worst flooding since the earthquakes.

The high tide has just passed, with the rivers already running across roads… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.National leader Christopher Luxon admits it was a mistake to share posts on social media suggesting he was visiting provincial New Zealand when we was actually holidaying in Hawaii.

Luxon travelled… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Another ram raid, leaving another business owner sweeping broken glass and considering shutting up shop for good.

Thirsty Liquor in Wellington's Island Bay is the latest to be targeted - with a… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Christchurch City Council head of Three Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont says the city's water networks are responding reasonably well to the heavy rain.

She told Checkpoint the flood levels in… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Several days since James Shaw was ousted from the Greens' co-leadership - and he remains the only MP in the running to reassume the role.

The Green Party caucus met at Parliament this morning - all… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.The Court of Appeal has been grappling with the issue of the fairness or otherwise of life sentences for young people.

The case being heard relates to three people, who committed murder when they… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.The Associate Education Minister is offering to meet secondary principals who say schools are at breaking point with the stress of staff shortages and student absences. Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.If the 'doomsday disease' - foot and mouth - reaches New Zealand shores, it could put a 100,000 jobs and $10 billion of export revenue at risk according to the government.

Aotearoa is on high alert… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.'We're not panicking' - the words of All Blacks coach Ian Foster as his side assembles again, ready to redeem themselves against the World Champions.

The side is preparing to head to South Africa for… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Dame Sophie Pascoe's build-up for her third Commonwealth Games has been tinged with sadness and health struggles.

The four-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist admits she's the Camp Mum of the young… Read more Video, Audio