Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 September 2022

5:08 PM.Jamaica has stitched together a netball team to take on the Silver Ferns this evening in Auckland.

Jamaica's coach Connie Francis told Checkpoint on Tuesday they needed to find three more players to… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.An investigation has been launched into how government agencies have managed conflicts of interest when awarding contracts to the family of senior cabinet minister Nanaia Mahuta.

The National Party… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Consumer New Zealand has thrown its weight behind a campaign to urgently review the Retirement Villages Act after numerous stories of residents being treated unfairly.

Chief executive Jon Duffy today… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.At Eventfinda Stadium on Auckland's North Shore, a patchwork Jamaican netball side will run out against the Silver Ferns tonight.

Because of some visa issues, Jamaica only flew out here with seven… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.A damning report into the Ports of Auckland's automation programme has found multiple failings, leading to inadequate management and governance.

The report found the project suffered from poor risk… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM."Our world is in peril - and paralysed." That was the message for Jacinda Ardern and other world leaders on the opening day of the UN's general assembly in New York.

It's the first full in-person… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Springtime and magpie swooping season are synonymous - but the magpies in Wollongong, south of Sydney, have become world-famous.

That's because they've been swooping some of the most elite cyclists… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.It was a brazen daylight robbery by masked offenders which has left retail workers and shopper rattled.

Several people burst into the St Luke's Mall in Auckland - their faces covered and carrying… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.A former Gloriavale member says she returned to labour-intensive work a week after her baby was born.

Crystal Loyal is one of six former Gloriavale women are seeking a ruling they were employees, not… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.A damp autumn, wet winter and stormy spring have left one of New Zealand's most isolated roading networks in need of urgent repairs.

Roads in the eastern Tararua District of the lower North Island… Read more Video, Audio