Checkpoint for Wednesday 15 March 2023

6:13 PM.Auckland's Central Interceptor wastewater tunnel has reached its deepest point, with the tunnel boring machine which started in Māngere now 115 metres below Hillsborough.

Despite Covid and the impact… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The cost of public transport in Auckland's about to go up despite service quality going down.

Bus ferry and trains rides will cost 6.5 percent more from April. Auckland Transport says that works out… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A lack of anaesthetic technicians in Canterbury is being put down to a toxic work environment, shortage of trained staff and overwhelming workloads.

Only 73 percent of planned surgeries are currently… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The average price of eggs has increased more than 80 percent since Checkpoint last did a supermarket shop.

And a quick scope of some stores put the price of eggs at 80 cents to $1.05 each, and some… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.If you are finding it harder to balance your budget, it will be no surprise to learn that last month food prices had their biggest jump in 30 years, according to Stats NZ. Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.The Muriwai community has become divided, with one third of previously red-stickered homes, now deemed safe to live in.

173 properties in the West Auckland beach settlment were red-stickered after… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Palmerston North Hospital's long-awaited new mental health ward is facing a budget blowout.

Costs for the build have gone up 71 percent, sparking fears about how officials will respond.

Our reporter… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The Breakers have one last chance to finish the Australian National Basketball League season with the silverware.

The best-of-five series is locked at 2-all ahead of tonight's winner-take-all game in… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Auckland's City Rail Link has had another budget blowout, and is now asking for another billion dollars.

The project got underway in 2017, with a price tag of $3.4 billion.

It will now cost at least… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.National's deputy leader Nicola Willis talks to Lisa Owen about Labour Minister Stuart Nash losing the police ministerial role.

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5:07 PM.A phone call with a mate has ended Stuart Nash's second turn as Police Minister.

The problem is, that mate was Police Commissioner Andrew Coster. An error of judgement - is how the Prime Minister's… Read more Audio