Checkpoint for Tuesday 13 December 2016

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

5:10 PM.A family who have been moving around motels for most of the year while they wait for a state house, are now living in a motel costing $2,300 a week, with Work and Income footing the bill. Video, Audio

5:14 PM.A family is living in a motel room costing $2,300 a week, while they wait for a state house. But what would that get you in the private market? Video, Audio

5:15 PM.New Zealand First leader and former miner Winston Peters has offered to enter the Pike River mine himself, during a speech to victims' families outside parliament. Video, Audio

5:21 PM.A British mining expert has penned a new plan to safely enter the drift of the Pike River mine. Bob Stevenson tells Checkpoint why he believes re-entry is possible. Audio

5:27 PM.RNZ reporter Conan Young attempted to talk to Solid Energy today, after repeated attempts by Checkpoint. But they still won't comment. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.40,000 Gisborne locals have been without power since Monday morning - and are relieved to hear it is due back on soon. Michael Cropp reports. Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.A man has been arrested in relation to the kidnapping of an 18-month-old boy, whose parents say he was taken from his home overnight in Rotorua. Audio

6:07 PM.A peer-reviewed plan for safe re-entry into the Pike River mine, drawn up by two British mining experts, has been presented to the Government. Video, Audio

6:19 PM.Power is starting to come back on in Gisborne and the East Cape area this evening. RNZ reporter Michael Cropp joins Checkpoint from Gisborne. Video, Audio