Checkpoint for Monday 12 February 2024

6:14 PM.Auckland's city centre has outpaced New Zealand's national economic growth for the second year in a row. That's according to just-released data for the year ended March 2023, indicating the city… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.It's been a familar refrain since at least last year's election, New Zealand's extensive smoke-free legislation will inevitably result in an increase in blackmarket trade. However, in the latest… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 PM.The mayor of Porirua says being clean is a human right, as a new shower and washing machine service for homeless people in the city opens. Orange Sky Aotearoa is expanding its service into Porirua… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A 51 year old first-timer has made a big splash in Christchurch, earning her a place at the Manu World Champs in Auckland next month. Tania Veronese-Cowell flung herself off a three metre diving board… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The company behind a Hawke's Bay music festival has collapsed, leaving dozens of musicians and crew thousands of dollars out of pocket. The two day Nest Fest in Hastings in early January featured big… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.It could take years before many growers on the East Coast are back to where they were before Cyclone Gabrielle. Almost a year since the deluge devastated growing areas across Hawke's Bay, Tairāwhiti… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.It's being described as a major leap backwards in animal welfare in New Zealand, that is the resumption of live animal exports by sea. The SPCA is urging the Government to rethink its election promise… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.The biggest day in American sport, the Super Bowl, has been won in an over-time nailbiter by the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs have won back to back titles, making it their third Super Bowl win in 5… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.The government plans to repeal Labour's Three Waters legislation by the end of next week. The repeal will disestablish the planned ten water entities, instead keeping water assets in councils' hands… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Pest controllers have trapped close to 20 more rats since Friday at a South Dunedin supermarket, which remains closed for cleaning and monitoring. It comes as a new video shows a mouse scurrying… Read more Audio

5:06 PM.Thousands of Auckland train commuters are having to find an alternative way home this afternoon with services cancelled because of 'heat' affecting the railway lines. Services on the Eastern, Western… Read more Video, Audio