Checkpoint for Tuesday 3 August 2021

5:07 PM.Lisa Carrington has led the charge, literally, at the Tokyo Olympics.

The power house paddler took out two golds - one in the singles, one in the doubles, equaling our most decorated Olympians, with… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The medals keep rolling in for the New Zealand team. Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have just claimed silver in the 49er class in the waters off Japan.

Our reporter Clay Wilson joins us from… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have just claimed silver in the 49er class in the waters off Japan.

Peter Burling's father Richard joins Lisa Owen as he celebrates his son's win.

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5:24 PM.New Zealand has won its first boxing medal at the Olympics since David Tua way back in 1992.

David Nyika was already guaranteed to break that drought, having secured a bronze by advancing to the… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Olympic Kayaking legend Ian Ferguson just got company at the top.

Paddler Lisa Carrington has smashed her first two races, bringing home gold in the singles and doubles.

That brings her career medal… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6266322758001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.First home buyers may find themselves at the sharp end of further moves to tighten mortgage lending.

The government and the Reserve Bank are having a second go at cooling the runaway housing market.

5:44 PM.Health experts in and around Fiji are warning if the Delta variant of Covid-19 keeps mutating - a new vaccine may be needed.

More than 20,000 people with Covid-19 are in isolation and the death toll… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Laurel Hubbard has admitted she's felt the intense spotlight on her, but hopes her Olympics appearance encourages young trans people.

The weightlifter became the first openly transgender woman to… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.National is demanding the country's name be put to a public vote - with one MP saying until that happens, the government should not use the word Aotearoa.

The demand has been roundly ridiculed by… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.It has been a golden day for New Zealand athletes in Tokyo. Lisa Carrington is on top of the world, winning a third gold medal in the same event in three consecutive Olympics.

She's now got five… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.More than two weeks after heavy rain caused devastation in the Marlborough Sounds, some residents remain without road access.

Samantha Gee joined a convoy with Marlborough District Council staff… Read more Video, Audio