Checkpoint for Monday 7 November 2022

5:07 PM.Auckland Council has indentifed a monster money pit in the shape of a $270 million budget shortfall for next year, leading to speculation a 12 percent rates bump could be on the horizon.

It blames… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.A Whangārei Girls High School student is asking Parliament to help feed about 300 peers she says are turning up without any food, each day.

Ocean Bishop-Karanga believes the equity criteria used to… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.The seven day rolling average of Covid cases has risen more than 60 percent since September, while hospitalisation and death rates are increasing with a third wave underway.

Experts are warning many… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.It's a big week for the Black Ferns as they ready for a sold-out Eden Park for their Rugby World Cup final against England.

Wayne Smith has played a big part in reviving the Black Ferns after a… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.A millions year old fossil hacked out of rock at a south island beach has been found after police searched a Granity property.

The whale fossil believed to be about 23 million years old was taken… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The Labour Party is playing down its sharp drop in support in the latest political poll, saying the result should be taken with a "grain of salt".

The Newshub Reid Research poll has Labour sitting… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.A child is missing after a boating accident in Auckland last night. The boat, carrying five passengers, capsized off Clarks Beach in the Manukau Harbour.

The principal Sandspit Road School in Waiuku… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.The government's being told to make the process for applying for childcare costs easy, so it can make it into the pockets of those it's being designed to help.

More families are set to qualify for… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Onehunga's town centre in Auckland is facing a pigeon poo problem.

The spread of faecal matter is getting to extreme levels and causing hygiene problems, the business association says.

It has… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Auckland's mayor is promising to find huge cost savings, so a massive financial hole won't be filled by significant rate rises.

The hole in ther council's budget has tripled in size - to $270… Read more Audio