Checkpoint for Friday 4 November 2022

5:07 PM.The government is rushing through changes to firearms laws that will stop gun owners potentially being criminalised while they wait months in the queue for licence renewals.

The changes will mean as… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Tourism operators in Rotorua are firmly against the idea of some motels remaining as emergency housing accommodation for another five years.

Resource consent is being sought for that and if granted… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.World Rugby are hoping for a rush of last-minute ticket sales and a big walk-up crowd at tomorrow's World Cup semifinals double-header at Eden Park.

Despite the Black Ferns making the final four -… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.An Auckland mum fighting what she believes is a "sexist" school uniform policy around earings is frustrated by the slow pace of change.

That's despite guidelines from the Human Rights Commission… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Theives have stolen vet drugs that could potentially kill a person just by getting it on their skin.

Pentobarbitone is used to euthanise animals and police fear the people who've pinched it from a… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are worried about when they're going to get reconnected by road, if at all.

Some roads got knocked out in the severe weather in August and locals have taken their… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Kāpiti Coast District Council is trying to get the community involved in a battle to get motorbikes off its dunes.

The council has launched a new signage campaign to educate people about people about… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Air New Zealand has released ambitious plans for emissions free flying on all their smallest regional flights by 2030.

The project will cost hundreds of millions of dollars with aims for the first… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Frustrated travellers have had flights delayed or cancelled at Auckland Airport, with some missing out completely on getting where they want to be.

Our reporter Jonty Dine headed to the airport to… Read more Audio