Checkpoint for Friday 28 October 2022

5:07 PM.Protesters burned headscarves and passports and defaced the sign outside the Iranian embassy in Wellington today - calling it a "terrorist embassy".

There have been widespread protests in Iran for… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.A four year council term, giving 16-year-olds the vote, and increasing pay for councillors.

They're all suggestions from a draft report into the future of local government.

Our video journalist Sam… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Ice cream lovers are about to notice two Tip Top favourites missing from the supermarket freezer.

Tip Top's discontinuing its 2 Litre cookies and cream and goody goody gumdrops Tip Top director Ben… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.They got thumped by the Black Caps last weekend and now Covid-19 is ramping up the pressure on the Australian cricket team at the T20 World Cup.

A second player in the Australian side has tested… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.More and more people are turning to tiny houses as a way to get onto the property ladder.

And skyrocketing demand means there's a six month delay in getting a tiny home at the moment.

Our reporter… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.Iwi in Hastings want to transform an old fruitpackers lodge on police land into a revolutionary space to keep whānau out of prisons.

But they're struggling to get support from the council because it… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The Women's Rugby World Cup is doing wonders for host city Whangārei, with some businesses saying they're the busiest they've been since before the pandemic.

The Black Ferns face off against Wales in… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.The first-ever national health plan has been released by government agencies, aiming for a a huge shake up over the next two years.

It's big on ideas such as changing the way the sector gets workers… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A man who's life was saved by a bystander after a heart-attack says it's a miracle he's alive.

He's one of the 11 percent of New Zealanders who survive a cardiac arrest every year. This month Hato… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Hundreds of Australian Sikh volunteers are providing food and disaster relief for Victoria flood victims.

The charity delivered more than 270,000 free meals to vulnerable people during two years of… Read more Video, Audio