Checkpoint for Tuesday 23 August 2022

5:07 PM.Dr Gaurav Sharma is a Labour MP no more. As expected, the Labour caucus voted to expel him, over continued breaches of trust.

But that's not stopped the now independent MP for Hamilton West from… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Expelled MP Gaurav Sharma tells Lisa Owen he has evidence of bullying in the Labour Party, but is yet to share it.

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5:17 PM.About 2000 anti-government protesters marched on Parliament today - but there was no repeat of the violence and fiery riot that ended the occupation earlier in the year.

The event was organised by… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The weather has cleared up in Nelson for now, but locals face a mammoth clean-up. Traffic between Richmond and Nelson is getting more blocked up by the day with roads closed from slips.

Waka Kotahi… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Imagine it: an all you can FLY airline ticket, the aviation equivalent of the buffet. Regional operator Sounds Air is making it a reality.

For $799 for three months you can fly as often as you'd like… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Kaitaia residents could be taking the long, long way around for months after torrential rain badly damaged the main route into town, SH1 through the Mangamuka Gorge.

Waka Kotahi says the road is… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Oranga Tamariki has been challenged on whether abuse in state care facilities really is historic.

Senior officials from the children's ministry were again before the Royal Commission into Abuse in… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.New Zealand Cricket is threatening to pull stumps at New Plymouth's Pukekura Park - one of the country's best loved provincial grounds.

It says the facilities are no longer up to scratch and its… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A group in Christchurch is plotting a revolution against throw away culture, to help people maintain and fix their broken belongings.

The Repair Revolution meets once a month in a community house in… Read more Video, Audio