Checkpoint for Tuesday 20 November 2018

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

5:09 PM.Police will do training but still haven't decided if they will send officers undergound into the Pike River mine drift when the planned re-entry goes ahead next year. Police Assistant Commissioner… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The Medical Council says it's horrified that Zholia Alemi fraudulently posed as a psychiatrist in England for 22 years, claiming she had a medical degree from The University of Auckland. As concerns… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Civil Defence is urging Dunedin residents to stay off the roads after torrential rain caused widespread flooding and slips around the city this afternoon. A heavy rain warning is in place for the next… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Hutt City councillor Chris Milne is incensed at a $150 fine given to his wife, for driving without a seatbelt in a council-owned car park. Police won't say if they're targetting drivers in car parks -… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.Sixty-eight Kiwibuild homes are to be built in Marfell, a neglected New Plymouth neighbourhood, more than a decade after a new housing project was first promised. But some locals remain sceptical… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Tauranga City Council has narrowly passed a controversial bylaw banning begging and rough sleeping within 5m of retail and hospitality premises. Audio

5:51 PM.Angry church leaders have confronted Auckland councillors about a change that meant some were suddenly charged tens of thousands of dollars in rates. And their words worked. After four hours the… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.In his debut test match in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Ajaz Patel led New Zealand to an improbable test victory as he ripped through the Pakistani batting line-up. But just nine years earlier, Patel was… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Civil Defence is urging Dunedin motorists to stay off the roads after torrential rain continues to drench the city, causing widespread flooding and slips. Reporter Tim Brown is near Henley, where… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.Former Prime Minister Helen Clark says the South Pacific has become the meat in the sandwich of an economic cold war. Her comments come after a fruitless APEC summit that ended without a… Read more Video, Audio