Checkpoint for Thursday 11 August 2022

5:50 PM.Demand for puppies during lockdown and beyond has seen an explosion of backyard breeders, not all of them good.

That's according to industry association Dogs NZ. SPCA inspectors seized a number of… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Auckland Transport has admitted that a T3 transit lane on Remuera Rd was made open to all traffic on weekends more than two years ago, but the sign restricting traffic has remained until July 2022. 

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5:29 PM.Crowds gathered at Auckland International Airport today to welcome home the first lot of New Zealand athletes after a record breaking Commonwealth Games.

The athletes are bringing back the most… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.A petition has been delivered to Parliament, calling for the Russian ambassador to be expelled, and for New Zealand to sever diplomatic relations.

New Zealand's Ukrainian community, along with… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Up to 40 former Air New Zealand workers made redundant during Covid are yet to be hired back despite the airline cutting its flight schedule due to staffing issues.

The national carrier's had its… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.The debilitating effects of identity fraud committed by a drug-using former Waka Kotahi contract worker have robbed a man of his corporate career and left his credit rating in ruins.

David Kerr's… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Te Tai Tokerau children finishing primary school have the worst tooth decay in the country.

But the Far North mayor says the new compulsory fluoridation order is mystifying him, and happening too… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Middlemore Hospital is apologising to patients who were seen by a man pretending to be a doctor there for six months.

A criminal investigation has been launched after the man was able to work there… Read more Video, Audio