Checkpoint for Thursday 23 March 2023

6:14 PM.Rainbow community groups are taking the Immigration Minister to court over the decision not to block a controversial anti-transgender activist coming to New Zealand.

Immigration New Zealand decided… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Waiheke's being expected to make deeper spending cuts than the rest of Auckland to meet the city's so-called budget shortfall of close to $300 million, according to its local board chair.

The 21… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Time to get in behind a record breaker at a Central Otago dog trial. The Tarras Collie Dog Club is celebrating its centennial trials, which kicked off in Lindis Valley today.

At 83, life member Pete… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Business owners in South Auckland say they have lost everything after a major fire ripped through a commercial complex last night.

Multiple fire crews worked overnight in the suburb of Takanini where… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Child poverty rates have stalled, with a hundred-thousand children still living in poverty.

Earlier today, Statistics NZ released its data for the year ending June 2022, and the numbers showed no… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.Auckland Council's pulled pin on its membership of Local Government New Zealand, to the horror of some councillors.

Mayor Wayne Brown had the casting vote after councillors were evenly split on the… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.A Canterbury man has been prepped for surgery five times only to have his operation cancelled at the last minute each time, due apparently to a shortgage of anaesthetic technicians.

Self-employed… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Disgraced runner Zane Robertson has spoken out after being caught doping. The New Zealand Olympian's cheating was made public yesterday and he faces an eight-year ban from all sport.

Robertson, who… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Demand for cars is sky rocketing with cyclone Gabrielle and Auckland's flooding ruining thousands of vehicles.

But the industry says that's on top of an existing shortage after manufacturers cut… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.National's unveiled its blue book of brilliance, outlining a plan to make New Zealand a top performer in education.

Reading, writing and maths would all have to be taught for an hour each day in… Read more Video, Audio