Checkpoint for Thursday 18 August 2022

5:07 PM.WARNING: This report contains details that may be upsetting to listeners.

The bodies of two young children have been confirmed as the human remains discovered by a family in the Auckland suburb of… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Residents of Kāeo are on alert. Civil Defence is setting up an emergency centre and not ruling out evacuations if conditions worsen.

The town's main street is flooded after the river rose by half a… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Nelson and West Coast residents are are in clean up mode with slips and wash outs causing widespread issues in the regions.

A state of local emergency remains in place for the Nelson-Tasman and the… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.People who live near a scrap metal yard that went up in flames in Christchurch last night say they had repeatedly raised concerns about crushed cars at the site.

The blaze broke out at National Steel… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.On Tuesday we heard what cyclists had to say about Auckland Council's Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway.

On Wednesday we asked motorists what it's going to take to get them out of their cars. The… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.The fate of a walking and cycle lane trial on Auckland's harbour bridge is still hanging in the balance following a Waka Kotahi board meeting.

The cycling group Movement threatened legal action… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.Waka Kotahi representatives were a no-show at a hui to try and resolve an occupation at its Mt Messenger Bypass site in North Taranaki today.

About 20 protesters broke through security fencing five… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The Human Rights Commission has launched a new service today for people who believe they have experienced conversion practices, six months after the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act… Read more Video, Audio