Checkpoint for Wednesday 24 January 2024

6:06 PM.Figures out today show fruit and vege prices are down slightly on three months ago, but up 4.7 percent on the same time last year. Nectarines, Cherries, Plums and Apricots are just below or above the… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The Department of Conservation has conceded there's no guarantee a walk way to Catheral Cove will ever re-open but expects to know what may be possible by the middle of the year. The walking track to… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Donald Trump has come out on top at the New Hampshire Republican primary, further cementing his role as the party's frontrunner for the presidential election in November. His projected win makes him… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.A Wellington resident says she would rather have functioning pipes than a newly rebuilt town hall. Yesterday, a leaking water main in Houghton Bay ruptured sending a torrent of mud and trees into the… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.Christchurch councillors had fake cash thrown in their faces as they discussed a possible bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. The environmental impacts and the huge price tag of the Games fuelled… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The spirit of cricket has been called into question during New Zealand's match against Afghanistan at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

New Zealand won the dramatic, low-scoring contest in South Africa… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The Prime Minister has been warned - Māori will not sit by without a fight, if the government attempts to meddle with te Tiriti. Politicians of all stripes have flocked to Rātana near Whanganui for… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Hold onto your wallets, It's official, inflation is deflating. The latest figures show it's slowed to its lowest levels in two years. Consumer prices rose just half a percent in the three months to… Read more Video, Audio