Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 February 2022

5:07 PM.A line of police are holding back protesters who this afternoon tried to make a dash for Parliament, in a second day of demonstrations on the front lawn of the Beehive.

Hundreds of police have formed… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Wellington Mayor Andy Foster says the Parliament protestors have made their point and its time to move on.

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5:18 PM.The state landlord says it's been warned against evicting its worst tenants, with other agencies claiming it will undo their good work.

Kainga Ora appeared before the Social Services and Community… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Has that grocery bill got your eyebrows raised, maybe you've even uttered a few expletives? You're not alone.

Prices are continuing to rise, up 4.5 percent for the year to December 2021. Some… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6296450099001 Video, Audio

5:37 PM.New Zealand film director Jane Campion has become the first woman in the history of the Oscars to be twice nominated for best director.

Local film-makers are banking on The Power of the Dog becoming… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Golf and swims in the lake, while staying at a top Queenstown hotel - sound like a holiday? It's actually work.

Six super rugby sides are sequestered in team bubbles for the next month in the South… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.New Zealand's biggest pip fruit region is bracing itself for another impossibly tough season.

Many in Hawke's Bay thought last year was the worst ever season - with thumping losses.

Now they fear… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Oma rāpeti - run rabbit - you have one last chance. Auckland Council has pressed pause on a plan to cull wild rabbits in Western Springs park so people can rescue domestic bunnies that have been… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A new unit aimed at helping the mental health of young Cantabrians is a step closer to reality after getting a million dollar injection.

The facility will be based at Canterbury's old linen services… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.More than 100 police have been holding protestors at bay outside parliament on the second day of a rally against vaccination mandates.

Three people have been arrested. The protestors have set up a… Read more Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Wellington Chamber of Commerce CEO Simon Arcus has told Checkpoint he'd like to see the protests finished "as soon as possible, but making sure that's done in a way that there's not harm to… Read more Video, Audio