Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 August 2023

6:21 PM.A new Independent Children's Monitor report has found vulnerable children are being let down by the very system that's supposed to be caring for them. The Returning Home From Care report found… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.A clinical pyschologist who interviewed Lauren Dickason says she was feeling overwhelmed hours before she killed her three children, believing she would not get a good psychiatric report, as required… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.Whether cellphones should be banned in schools has become its own subject of debate in classrooms today after the National Party vowed to remove them from schools if elected. Whilst some Principals… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Show some kindness, our people are people. That's the message from Gisborne District Council following an almost 40 percent hike in abuse and threats against staff. Incidents range from physical… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Not everyone in Lyttleton's onboard with visiting cruise ships with concerns the influx of passengers puts a strain on public transport and the tourists arent spending locally. More than 70 cruise… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.More destruction of the seabed and less Kaimoana for ordinary fishers. That's the damning verdict from one interest group that says the government's new plan to protect and regenerate the Hauraki gulf… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.Australian police have searched a local rubbish dump as part of an investigation in a lethal lunch that's left three people dead and another seriously ill. It's believed the diners ate potentially… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Gore District Council has spent $11,000 on facilitation in the hopes of leaving its troubles behind. They've been keeping tight-lipped about chief executive, Stephen Parry, and his clash with young… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The Football Ferns' World Cup campaign is over but they won't be off the pitch for long. The review into New Zealand's exit at the group stage of the home world cup begins with players, coaching staff… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Ten years in the making, the government has launched its plan to revitalise Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, and it's immediately been slammed for not including an outright ban on trawler fishing. The new… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.If the National party has its way, cellphones will be banned from all schools as one of the ways to lift what the party says is "abysmal" achievement in New Zealand schools. Otago Boys High is way… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Tension was high at a fiery community meeting last night about the hundreds of homes still uninhabitable after the city's anniversary weekend floods. It was standing room only as residents clashed… Read more Audio