Checkpoint for Wednesday 16 August 2023

6:07 PM.The dairy market has gone sour literally overnight, leaving some farmers gumboot deep in debt. Prices crashed to their lowest levels in nearly five years at the Global Dairy Trade Auction. The average… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Rats, stoats, and possums, you have been warned, deadly AI may be becoming more of a reality than science fiction. In a ground-breaking evolution in pest control, a new device being developed here in… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.After a four week trial, it took a jury two days to find Lauren Dickason guilty of murdering her three young daughters. Dickason now faces a life sentence for each murder conviction. Her parents say… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM."We as adults have failed our mokopuna", that's the message from activists demanding the government introduces tougher rules around vaping. They presented a petition to Parliament today, calling for… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Like many small Hawke's Bay settlements decimated by Cyclone Gabrielle, Pakowhai remains a shell of its former self and locals fear it may never be the same again. On February the 14th, the Tutaekuri… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.England and Australia are both hoping to make history by reaching the FIFA Women's World Cup final for the first time when they meet in Sydney tonight. The Matildas had never advanced beyond the… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Going to work to lose money.' Dairy farmers around the country say they'll be tightening their belts after international diary prices crashed to their lowest levels in nearly five years overnight… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Guilty of three counts of murder. A jury this afternoon handed down its verdicts in the Lauren Dickason trial; ruling she'd intentionally killed her three young daughters in September 2021. Dickason… Read more Video, Audio