Checkpoint for Friday 9 February 2024

5:55 PM.In the true spirit of Burt Munro, two Wellingtonians will this weekend push their suped-up scooters to the max at an event carrying the motorcycling legend's name. Riding a heavily modified Lambretta… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.A new aerospace centre in Canterbury is expected to lift the local economy by up to a billion dollars and secure the local sector's talent in New Zealand. The Tawhaki National Aerospace Centre at… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Aucklanders might soon be saving more money at the petrol pump, but some residents are wondering at what cost. The Government will end the city's regional fuel tax in June, saving drivers eleven and a… Read more Video, Audio

5:30 PM.Imagine two months eating only what you can forage or hunt; crispy possum tails, rat or road kill anyone? Bay of Plenty hunter and "Keeping it Wild" YouTube sensation, Shay Williamson has done just… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Football referees could have an extra card in their pocket this season as the sport trials the use of a blue card. Fifty-four years after yellow and red cards were first introduced, players who commit… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.An intensive 48 hour rat hunt gets underway this weekend at a rodent plagued Dunedin supermarket, that's been forced to close its doors in a bid to clear out the pests. Countdown Dunedin South has… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Police specialist search teams have been scouring a landfill in Porirua today looking for items of interest in connection with the death of 79 year old Helen Gregory. The Khandallah woman was found… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.GP clinics are at crisis point, please complain loudly to the politicians; That's the message from one struggling Hamilton practice. Flagstaff medical centre's been forced to raise it fees, writing to… Read more Video, Audio