Checkpoint for Thursday 2 March 2023

6:07 PM.Some flood isolated communites could be weeks away from being reconnected with temporary bridges still in the design phase.

The government has anounced three bailey bridges have already been built… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.

Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A year ago today the 23 day occupation of Parliament by anti-mandate protestors came to its shocking and violent end.

RNZ video journalist Angus Dreaver captured the dramatic moments for Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Muriwai residents - who have been out of their homes for two weeks - are desperate to hear about progress.

Nearly 200 homes were evacuated after Cyclone Gabrielle brought down landslides, residents… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.

Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.Already battered Vanuatu is bracing for its second cyclone in 24 hours.

Tropical Cyclone Judy hit parts of Vanuatu as a category four system - but it's dissipated as it moves away, and has been… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.More than 40 extra freight trucks per day will be on the already fragile roads of Northland after a major slip on the region's main rail network.

The North Auckland Line, between Swanson and… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.After a three year absence the New Zealand Golf Open is back with record prize money up for grabs.

The tournament at Millbrook Resort in Arrowtown has a field of 156 professionals and 156 amateurs -… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Temporary villages could go up in Hawke's Bay to help house up to 1000 people displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Housing minister Megan Woods was on the ground today - to get a feel for how desperate… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The destruction brought by Cyclone Gabrielle has destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure across the North Island.

The recovery is set to cost billions and in some cases the damage caused will… Read more Video, Audio