Checkpoint for Tuesday 24 May 2022

5:07 PM.The housing of 65 families in emergency accommodation could be under threat, as the Rotorua Lakes Council takes legal action against several motels.

They say nine emergency housing motels have… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.The government is looking to grow the plant-based meat market investing more than $1 million in a sustainable food company.

The loan is from the $200 million Regional Strategic Partnership Fund which… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Golfers are accusing Auckland Council of foul play over a plan to develop their courses into more versatile public spaces.

The council wants local boards to acknowledge it isn't sustainable, to keep… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.The country's traffic light is staying orange, with the government and health experts warning of a rocky winter.

An immunologist says it will be a winter of uncertainty and the Covid Minister says… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.Criticising our politicians is close to a national pastime, but are you all talk or prepared to put your hand-up for a spot on your council?

Local body elections are coming up in a few months, and… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.A new weapon has been launched to fight the enemy of the sewer - the mighty fatberg. Wet wipes get stuck on the way down, catch fat and cooking oil and grow into monsterous globules that bog up the… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Auckland's being told to start a campaign to bring back workers, visitors and students back to the city.

A global expert in revitalising cities after the pandemic says Auckland needs to catch up.

… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.In Tauranga, bus drivers and patrons are being terrorised by passengers brandishing tasers and knives and hurling racial abuse.

And the shocking reality is that the perpetrators are young teens… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.A Chicken burger without the chook & mince minus the meat. That's just a couple of the plant-based meat alternatives the government's backing by loaning Kāpiti company Sustainable Foods more than $1.2… Read more Video, Audio