Checkpoint for Tuesday 19 September 2017
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Checkpoint leader interview - Jacinda Ardern
6:08 PM.VIDEO: Labour Leader Jacinda Ardern sits down with John Campbell for Checkpoint's final leader interview in the lead-up to the election. Read more Video, Audio
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Timaru residents furious over looming log burner ban
5:53 PM.The Canterbury Regional Council is planning to ban log burners more than 15 years old by the end of October, in an effort to address the city's air pollution. Video, Audio
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Anger at Dunedin bus route cuts
5:44 PM.Up to 100 children may face a longer commute each day after Ngai Tahu and Tainui-owned company Go Bus announced it is dropping four routes around the Otago Peninsula. Audio
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DHBs critically underfunded, opposition parties say
5:38 PM.A Dunedin man whose prostate cancer spread after he waited 10 months for urgent surgery has been failed by an underfunded health system, say opposition parties.
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Evening business for Tuesday 19 September 2017
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Townies and country folk protest against Hawkes Bay water plans
5:24 PM.Around 300 tractors rolled into Clive today to protest access to water, which has united both rural and urban residents. Audio
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Petrol stations run out of 95 octane after pipeline rupture
5:08 PM.Thousands of airline passengers have been grounded and a dozen Z Energy stations have run out of 95 octane petrol after a crucial pipeline carrying jet fuel and petrol was ruptured. Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Tuesday 19th September 2017
5:00 PM.Watch Tuesday's full programme here. Video
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Buildup for WBO title fight descends into farce
5:22 PM.Joseph Parker's promoter David Higgins was ejected from a media session today after he got into a shouting match with Hughie Fury's father and manager, Peter Fury. Audio
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Thousands of airline passengers grounded after rupture
5:11 PM.VIDEO: Auckland Airport CEO Adrian Littlewood joins John Campbell live in the studio to discuss how the pipeline rupture has affected flights in and out of the city. Video, Audio
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More than 100k votes cast yesterday as campaigns ramp up
5:18 PM.The National and Labour leaders stayed true to form today, with Bill English campaigning in the true-blue Kaikoura electorate, while Jacinda Ardern was in the capital. Video, Audio
