Checkpoint for Monday 31 October 2022

5:08 PM.Air New Zealand says more planes are on the way and with them..the hope of cheaper airfares.

The national carrier is facing heavy criticism over the cost of its flights, with some passenger saying… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Auckland Transport has announced cancelled bus journeys will now not exist at all. It says from Sunday, services that are being regularly cancelled because of the bus driver shortage will be suspended… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Christchurch police are confident they've arrested a group of youths responsible for recent assaults and vehicle thefts across the city.

A 14-year-has appeared in youth court on 81 charges, including… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Residents and business owners have called the emergency housing system in Rotorua a "fiasco".

Today, locals and businesses told the housing ministry how the programme affects their lives and… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The All Blacks will kick on for the next chapter of their Northern Tour needing a new captain and without some midfielders who have been sent to the 'B' team.

Following Saturday's narrow win over… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Three years after the government announced it would scrap minimum wage exemptions and replace them with a wage subsidy, some disabled workers are still earning an average of just $5 an hour.

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5:39 PM.Three mayors have proposed their own changes to the contentious Three Waters scheme.

The mayors of Auckland, Christchurch and Waimakariri say their plan would end the divisive, nationwide argument on… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Shocked family members in South Korea have been visiting hospitals and trying to find loved ones, after at least 153 people were crushed to death in Seoul.

As many as 100,000 people were celebrating… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Health advocates hope the most meaningful aspects of alcohol law reform are still to come.

The government has announced a law change to remove the ability to appeal local alcohol policies - but a… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Some Christchurch residents are going to great efforts to get into the Halloween spirit. A handful of properties in the suburb of Linwood have been decked out with extensive Halloween decorations in a… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Now to Bluff, where locals have had the chance to meet a real NASA astronaut.

Dr Shannon Walker is the veteran of two space missions and was in Southland to launch a new science showcase.

Our… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Auckland Transport is slashing its bus timetable to avoid the uncertainty of hundreds of daily trip cancellations due to driver shortages.

From Sunday November 6 bus trips that are regularly canned… Read more Video, Audio