Checkpoint for Tuesday 20 August 2019

5:08 PM.Drivers are paying too much at the petrol pump because the big fuel companies have a stranglehold on the market - and the infrastructure.

A draft market study by the Commerce Commission has found the… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Another day, another Southern Response no-show. And Christchurch homeowners are asking where the company's chief executive Anthony Honeybone and its board chairman Alister James are, and why neither… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.The Chief Ombudsman has found that restrictions on access to toilets and drinking water at Northland's Ngawha prison is unacceptable and amounts to degrading treatment.

He's just tabled his latest… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Plans to build a cellphone tower in the rural Utakura Valley in Northland have come to a halt, following widespread opposition by hapū who have threatened to occupy the land in protest.

The tower is… Read more Audio

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

5:38 PM.School principals are worried they could be breaking the law by stopping parents from collecting their children during emergency lockdowns.

They want clarity from the Education Ministry following an… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua's resignation from the Sunshine Coast Lightning has paved the way for a future in New Zealand next year.

She formally announced in a press conference this afternoon… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.A jury has heard a man accused of murdering a Mangawhai toddler told first responders he accidentally dropped the girl.

Two-year-old Ariah Dawn Roberts died in the care of her mother's former… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.She wasn't particularly complimentary about Auckland the last time she was here, but it hasn't stopped tennis legend Serena Williams from signing up for January's ASB Tennis Classic.

The 23-time… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.New Zealand drivers are being fleeced at the petrol pump, according to a Commerce Commission report.

The market study's found that many fuel companies are highly profitable, and getting better… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.Details of the compromise that's made Auckland Council and Panuku stop fighting and start holding hands over controversial development have emerged in court.

Panuku, the council's development… Read more Audio