Checkpoint for Wednesday 7 September 2022

6:08 PM.A group of Cantabrians are taking their local council to court after it allowed a development to go ahead on prime farmland.

Selwyn District Council approved the 1700-house Lincoln subdivision in… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.A lightweight plastic mountain hut that can withstand extreme conditions and be choppered to remote locations could be the future of back country accommodation and beyond.

The huts, called Turks, are… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.An in-home disability support worker says she would never work for a for-profit care organisation.

She's backing calls for an inquiry into the model, which advocates say results in unreliable and… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.A former Gloriavale woman has told a court how she hurt her back repeatedly lifting 20kg crates of meat above her head in the so-called Christian community's freezer.

Rebekah Kempf says she started… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Auckland's City Rail Link is nearing a significant milestone, with the tunnel-boring phase of the project almost completed. 

Checkpoint's Tom Taylor and Nick Monro headed underground to capture the… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.Plans for a purpose built beach side workers village in Dunedin for out of town tradies is being considered by the council.

It's expected construction of the new Dunedin hospital will bring an influx… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The Silver Ferns squad to face Jamaica in a three-test home series has been named.

Captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio is back after 18 months out after giving birth to her second child. She's been restored… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Northlanders say slow progress on their region's broken roads is going to cost lives - and keep a chokehold on the region's economy. Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Northland Chamber of Commerce president Tim Robinson says local business are angry and feel deceived by the government. He talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam wants an apology after being wrongly implicated in the Northland Covid-19 lockdown.

A police investigation has found the Covid-infected women who triggered the October… Read more Audio