Checkpoint for Tuesday 25 October 2022

5:07 PM.The government's coming under more pressure over its health record, after the system comes under yet more strain.

The family of four-year-old Sebby Chua wants to know if more could have been done to… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Residents living in Hamilton motels used as emergency housing are increasingly concerned about their unsafe living conditions.

Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate met with the police area commander today… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.There's more disruption for the beleaguered Auckland public transport network after Auckland Transport posted last minute warnings of train delays today.

Scheduled services on the Western, Southern… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.The first cruise ship to arrive in the capital since the pandemic has docked with covid on board.

The Ovation of the Seas came from Tahiti, docked in Napier on Monday, Wellington this morning, and… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Unretired? Or never retired in the first place? Either way, tennis great Serena Williams has certainly got people talking after confirming she is, in fact, planning on continuing to play.

Here with… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The children's exercise report card is in and New Zealanders are failing in some subjects.

Aotearoa scores a C+ for overall physical activity for rangitahi aged 5-17, in the study that ranks 57… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.A task force set up to try to get thousands of people off surgical waiting lists has delivered a long list of recommendations but no target for when to get them done.

The Planned Care Taskforce is… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The government has raised concerns about the risk of violent extremists serving in the defence force and receiving firearms training.

Sixteen investigations were carried out into current and would-be… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A regional airline has agreed to trial flights between Nelson and Blenheim while SH6 is closed for repairs following flooding in August.

New mayor Nick Smith has brokered the deal with Originair to… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.A taskforce that's devised a plan to clear a backlog of patients waiting months longer than they should for treatment still cant say how long it will take to work through the queue.

The group was set… Read more Video, Audio