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Checkpoint for Tuesday 26 July 2016

  • Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 26 July 2016

    5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full show here. Video

  • Sanders endorses Clinton in DNC speech

    5:08 PM.To applause from many and booing from some, former Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders finally delivered a passionate endorsement of Hillary Clinton and urged supporters to vote for her. Audio

  • Critical acclaim for FLOTUS' speech

    5:10 PM.First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a speech on the first day of the Democratic National Convention that pundits say will replayed, quoted and anthologised for years to come. Video, Audio

  • Knife attack kills 19 at hospital near Tokyo

    5:16 PM.The worst mass murder in Japan in 70 years has left 19 people dead and 45 injured at a facility for the disabled near Tokyo. Washington Post correspondent Anna Fifield joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

  • Where are the affordable homes within SHAs?

    5:19 PM.Special Housing Areas are blocks of land set aside by local and central government - but where are the affordable homes that their developers are legally bound to provide? Audio

  • Are SHAs helping first home buyers?

    5:24 PM.First Home Buyers spokesperson Lesley Harris joins Checkpoint to discuss the impact SHAs had had on people hoping to buy their first homes. Video, Audio

  • Building in Browns Bay

    5:26 PM.Browns Bay, on the North Shore, is abuzz with building - but not in its Special Housing Area. Economist Donal Curtin joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio

  • No affordable housing in Huapai

    5:29 PM.Huapai, the largest Special Housing Area in the Auckland region, has no homes completed in that designated affordable price range. Audio

  • Evening business for 26 July 2016

    5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

  • Nick Smith in the Auckland studio

    5:35 PM.The Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith joins John Campbell live in the Auckland studio. Video, Audio

  • Supermarket closure impacts small communities

    5:48 PM.Hauraki district mayor John Tregidga says supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises' move to close supermarkets has a big impact on small communities with job losses and the risk of prices rising. Audio

  • Chinese student numbers bounce back

    5:50 PM.The number of study visas granted to Chinese students has topped 30,000 for the first time in a decade, following several years of recovery from a big fall in the mid 2000s. Audio

  • Helicopter joins search for missing Upper Hutt woman

    5:53 PM.A private helicopter company has joined a huge community-led search for the missing Upper Hutt woman Mary Berrington. Audio

  • Changes needed for public notices

    5:56 PM.A failure by a Palmerston North newspaper to print a public notice has brought into sharp focus the need for councils to be more proactive about getting information to the public. Audio

  • First day of DNC held in Philadelphia

    6:08 PM.At the DNC today, all of the factions of the party came together to hear their leaders: First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. Video, Audio

  • 19 dead in Japanese mass murder

    6:15 PM.The worst mass murder in Japan in 70 years has left 19 people dead and 45 injured at a facility for the disabled near Tokyo. Video, Audio

  • Sweet reward offered for stolen hives

    6:16 PM.A honey company is hoping a $20,000 reward will lead to the recovery of 200 beehives stolen from the Topuni Forest in Northland a fortnight ago. Video, Audio

  • Big avalanche in Remarkables' back country

    6:20 PM.Skiers and snowboarders are welcoming the latest snow dump brought by the recent cold snap but it has raised the risk of avalanches, particularly for those wanting to go off piste. Audio

  • More needed to prevent Maori reoffending, say iwi

    6:23 PM.Members Ngati Kahungunu iwi say the Corrections department is not doing enough to stop Maori inmates from reoffending when they are released. Audio

  • Ukranian mountain stands in way of Parker

    6:25 PM.Six foot seven Alexander Dimintrenko has been confirmed as Joseph Parker's next opponent as he prepares for his world championship bout. Audio