Checkpoint for Thursday 10 March 2022

5:12 PM.For those who make a living from being on the road, the inflated petrol prices are beginning to burn.

Taxi and Uber drivers have told Checkpoint rising fuel prices have then mulling whether its even… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Covid-19 hospitalisations hit a record high today with Director General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield announcing 845 people are now admitted.

There's also been rising abuse towards GPs, changes to New… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.The government is pressing ahead with its plan to fold TVNZ and RNZ into one mega-media behemoth - in the biggest broadcasting shake-up this millennium.

But despite years of reviews and consultation… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Despite the Prime Minister promising New Zealand's most transparent government ever, gripes about getting access to official information have sky rocketed.

Figures from the Ombudsman show complaints… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Ukraine's President has accused Russia of committing a war crime by bombing a maternity and children's hospital in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Ukraine says the bombing happened during an agreed… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Last night we brought you the story of families being forced to choose between food and petrol, school lunches or gas to get to their jobs.

Inflation has hit a 30 year high; petrol's cracking $3 a… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.A Wellington vet says hundreds of sick or injured pets in the city could be missing out on treatment because of clinic closures and lack of staff.

It comes amid a nation-wide shortage of vets, with… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Authorities in Niue believe the very high vaccination rate will protect the nation from any potential Covid spread.

After two years Covid free - the small island nation has recorded its first case of… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.The White Ferns are playing in a must-win encounter to keep their Cricket World Cup dreams alive.

They're playing India in Hamilton at the moment.

Sports reporter Felicity Reid joins Lisa Owen with… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Rugby wants what cricket has already got - increased crowd sizes.

This week the Cricket World Cup got special sign off to double spectator numbers from 10 percent of stadium capacity to 20.

Crowd… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.A royal commission has been told that racism and dismissive attitudes by social workers exacerbated the abuse experienced by tamariki Māori.

The Abuse in Care Royal Commission is holding a special… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.It started as a depression-busting hobby and ended in a world record.

Windfoiling is a cross between windsurfing and hydrofoiling.

Fifty-five-year-old Melbourne man Andrew Englisch took it up during… Read more Video, Audio