Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 February 2017

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

5:07 PM.A caver has suffered serious injuries abseiling down the deepest vertical shaft in New Zealand. Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Bill English denies he's scapegoating a few drug users to try to take attention off record high immigration numbers. Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Police have released CCTV footage showing a vehicle seen entering and leaving a Riverhead quarry where a young woman was attacked at the weekend. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Basil Lloyd sold his house and bought a caravan after his wife died, but a mistake disconnecting a gas bottle left him in hospital with burns to more than a third of his body. Zac Fleming reports. Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Washdyke in South Canterbury would be classified as swimmable under the new water standards, but locals says it definitely isn't. Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Dan Lemmon, from Weta Digital in Wellington, won the Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on The Jungle Book. Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Canterbury farmer Geoff Wallace posted a job advertisement asking for a non-smoker who, "wears his hat with the peak to the front and be capable of wearing his pants around his ass not his knees." Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Rescuers reach the injured caver who fell at the 176 metre deep sinkhole this afternoon. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.The Prime Minister has been accused of behaving irresponsibly by spreading anecdotes about Kiwis not being able to fill jobs because they can't pass the required drug tests. Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Concealed in everything from false bottom suit cases and shipping containers to car-seat covers and exercise machines, the Drug Foundation says last year's record meth seizures are just the tip of the… Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.The rapidly changing tide at Tahunanui Beach is forcing the council to find a solution to stop the erosion, and worrying locals. Video, Audio