Checkpoint for Monday 20 June 2022

5:56 PM.A new traffic-light controlled pedestrian crossing in Taranaki is be being described as a monument to a failed funding model.

Inglewood residents have campaigned for 20 years for the crossing on… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.The last piece of the puzzle is in place as the tenth and final section of the Waikato Expressway has been completed.

The 22km Hamilton section completes the four-lane State Highway from Cambridge to… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Figures from Mindful Money show $190 million of KiwiSaver funds are invested in companies involved in the manufacture of weapons like firearms, missiles and ammunition.

That's despite over 80 percent… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The Prime Minister is preparing for a another trip to drum up trade and tourism for New Zealand - this time to Europe. Jacinda Ardern leaves this weekend with a business delegation.

In the past few… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.Calls tonight for Fletcher Building's board chair to resign over claims of culture issues and systemic failures within the company that could see a customer revolt.

The company's in the spotlight… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.It can be revealed hotels earned about $1.3 million a month from becoming MIQ facilities.

Data released to RNZ shows the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment spent nearly $800 million in… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.There are significant hold ups to train services in the capital tonight because of signalling issues coming into the main station.

Our reporter Soumya Bhamidipati is outside Wellington station and… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The College for Emergency Medicine chair, Doctor Kate Allan, describes overwhelmed emergency departments around Aotearoa, with staff shortages and patients stuck in limbo, having to wait for a… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.Auckland GPs say they're fatigued and overworked as an overflow of winter patients diverted from emergency departments knock on their doors.

Twenty-seven clinics opened for free appointments in east… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.A crash which took the lives of seven people on State Highway One south of Picton yesterday has had a devastating impact on one family, and left the community reeling.

A relative of those who died… Read more Audio