Checkpoint for Wednesday 31 July 2019

6:15 PM.The father of a six-year-old girl girl who died after being hit by a rubbish truck is pleased the coroner has recommended the trucks be fitted with sensor alarms. Dion Neems spoke to Checkpoint host… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.A sinkhole has forced the closure of a road in the south of Tauranga city. Police say the hole on Oropi Road appeared early this afternoon and the road will remain closed as council engineers assess… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The government is creating a national regulator, which will cover all water suppliers, apart from individual households who supply their own, set standards, and have monitoring and enforcement powers.

5:52 PM.All Blacks selectors have moved a step closer to deciding on their final squad for the Rugby World Cup. Sports reporter Clay Wilson joins Checkpoint host Alex Perrottet to discuss the squad for the… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Canadian outdoors expert David Arama says Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, who are on the run in remote Manitoba, might be eaten alive before police finally track them down. Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The face of the Ihumātao occupation, Pania Newton, has met with Māori Development Minister Nanaia Mahuta over the land dispute in South Auckland. The pair had a hui this afternoon in a bid to find a… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.Whanau and friends of Samuel Jackson-Seligman-Lemaire, who was killed by a 72-year-old woman driving the wrong way on a Wellington motorway say her sentence of six months community detention isn't… Read more Audio

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

5:27 PM.Could vegan sausages and almond milk one day have to be called veggie tubes and almond juice? It's already been widely debated overseas, but now discussion in New Zealand is heating up about whether… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Workers from some of New Zealand's best-known brands, including Farmers and Countdown, marched into an Auckland shopping mall today demanding employers pay their staff a living wage. Reporter Joanna… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.A Coroner has copped criticism for suggesting a six-year old girl's death could have been avoided if she'd been accompanied by an adult on her way to and from school. Audio

5:15 PM.A controversial bill allowing the terminally ill to end their lives is before Parliament again tonight, and MPs on both sides of the debate are armed with changes to the legislation to try and win… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Canterbury building firm Welhaus Limited is under fire from former employees, who say they are owed thousands of dollars in wages. Anan Zaki reports. Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Peter Ellis has been granted leave to appeal his case at the Supreme Court. His lawyer Rob Harrison spoke to Checkpoint producer Bridget Burke. Audio

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