Checkpoint for Monday 18 November 2019

6:23 PM.Not all heroes wear capes... Marley the labrador was a key player in the rescue of a small dog being swept out to sea at Petone beach on Sunday as its upset elderly owner watched on unable to help.

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6:18 PM.Landlords and tenants are reacting to the government's proposed changes to rental laws, with some concerned that removing the 90-day termination notice will lead to unmovable 'tenants from hell'.

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6:14 PM.In the trial of a former Dunedin doctor accused of killing a teenage girl, the jury has today heard from a police officer who observed the accused's behaviour in the days after the murder.

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6:08 PM.A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First has revealed it applied for $15 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund.

Brian Henry, who's Winston Peters' lawyer and New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The so-called Disney classics need a parental guidance warning - that is the call of a US Professor in American Studies.

Disney's new streaming service has added a disclaimer to a number of its… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.Actress, director and playwright Nancy Brunning is being remembered as a fierce advocate for wahine Māori characters to be centre stage.

Ms Brunning died on Saturday aged 48, just a day before she… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The lawyer of a man jailed for 21 months for distributing the video of the Christchurch mosque shooting says his client's actions don't warrant a jail sentence.

Philip Arps is appealing against his… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Tens of thousands of McDonald's workers are in for boost to their wallets after they were found to have been underpaid in a nationwide payroll bungle that's expected to cost billions of dollars to… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Wet weather in Auckland wasn't enough to deter crowds of Royal fans from turning out to meet the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. Charles and Camilla are in the country for a one-week tour… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.A power outage has led to the cancellation of all train services between Wellington and Porirua, and there are also reduced services from Porirua and Waikanae. Wellington reporter Harry Lock has the… Read more Audio

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

5:32 PM.All University of Otago campuses have been implicated in an overseas placement rort that has rattled medical students around the country.

The university first began looking at its final year medical… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.Travel agents are bracing for phone calls after Air New Zealand cancelled flights affecting 14,000 people over its engine troubles.

The national carrier says it's cancelled dozens of flights in… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.The head of a Ministry of Health ethics committee is calling for the immediate destruction of hundreds of suicide notes submitted to an allegedly bogus study backed by comedian Mike King's 'Key to… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.A roof has collapsed, buildings are damaged and two people are injured after a tornado slammed into Christchurch on Monday afternoon.

The weather in the central city changed suddenly after 1.30pm… Read more Video, Audio