Checkpoint for Monday 9 August 2021

6:15 PM.The tornado that ripped through an Auckland suburb in June has come with a massive price tag.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge joins Lisa Owen with the details.

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6:08 PM.Tax policy aimed at stubbing out one health problem has potentially fired up another, according to a research author.

A new study analysed media reports of tobacco robberies from convenience stores… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.As the flame is extinguished, and Aotearoa reflects on its most successful Olympics - the dominance of haka, waiata and tino rangatiratanga flags was also noticable this year.

Ngāti Porou wāhine -… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.A cold front has swept across New Zealand in the last 24 hours, leaving motorists stranded, closing schools and bringing a heavy dusting of snow to skifields.

Highways across the country have… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Midwives in Auckland and Northland walked off the job and onto the streets - kicking off consecutive days of rolling strikes across the country.

About 1,500 union members are protesting following… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.It's the cheap deal that could cost you dearly. Police say stolen gas heating systems being sold on the web are often damaged and could cause an explosion.

The califont systems are being swiped from… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population. Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population.

Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Timaru teens are being urged to be very careful around a planned tribute for five boys who died in a car crash on the weekend.

The boys - all aged between 15 and 16 - died when an overloaded car… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Craig Harrison is the national secretary of the Maritime Union. He discusses the case of the cargo ship with workers with Covid-19 at the Port of Tauranga.

He says the situation has been handled… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test because another ship has been hit by the virus.

Our political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from our Parliament office.

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5:07 PM.Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test, because another ship has been hit by the virus.

This time it is off the coast of Tauranga with 11 of its 21 crew having tested… Read more Audio