Checkpoint for Friday 8 July 2022

5:07 PM.An investigation's underway after Auckland Council staff classified an elderly homeless woman, who was later found dead in her car, as a freedom camper, and had not done more to help her.

Yesterday… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.There's been a breakthrough in what's a been a major point of contention in the trans-Tasman relationship - the rights of New Zealanders living in Australia.

New Zealand Prime Ministers have long… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot in an apparent assassination attempt.

The 67-year-old was giving a speech on a street in the western city of Nara.

Witnesses say Abe, Japan's… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.A scathing review has found flouridating water was "not a priority" for Wellington Water and was inconsistently done for six years.

Wellington Water has been told to take a "relentless" shift in… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.At one of the busiest hospitals in the country, there are three times more patients with the flu, compared to those with Covid.

Middlemore in Auckland isn't the only hospital under major strain, with… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.In Dunedin excitement is building ahead of the return of top tier international rugby to the southern city.

The All Blacks will take on Ireland in the second test at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.SPCAs around Aotearoa are heaving and the Christchurch branch is no exception after more than 20 puppies were dumped near the Waimakariri River.

That means foster pet parents are close to maxed out… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The remains of more than 100 Moriori have been returned today, repatriated from London's Natural History Museum where they've been held for a century.

It's the largest-ever return of ancestors, and… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A crowd of locals have given a behind the scenes look at Whanganui Port, ahead of its planned $50 million revamp.

It's the first community-led management project since the Whanganui River gained… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.After a three-year upgrade in Canada, the naval vessel HMNZS Te Mana has returned to New Zealand shores.

The frigate and her 170-strong crew sailed into Waitematā Harbour this morning with Minister… Read more Audio