Checkpoint for Monday 27 March 2023

6:08 PM.Esk Valley residents say they feel 'shunned and kicked in the guts'.

The Hawke's Bay community met at the wekeend to vent their frustration at the lack of progress two months on from the extreme… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Love 'em or loathe 'em, the feijoa season is upon us.

And buyers are being warned the fruit might be a little bit banged up this season, thanks to the extreme weather.

Some fruit and vege crops were… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.Police are continuing to search around Petone Beach where a shoe with a foot inside was found on Saturday.

Krystal Gibbens spoke to some locals. Read more Audio

5:35 PM.The father of one of the 29 men who died in the Pike River Mine hopes a High Court decision will change the justice system.

Bernie Monk believes there's an abuse of legal privilege, and he wants to… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.Bar and restaurant owners in Wellington - Te Whanganui-a-Tara - say they're hanging on to business by the skin of their teeth.

They're blaming the usual suspects - the pandemic, cost of living… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.White Ferns star Amelia Kerr has won cricket's inaugural Women's Indian Premier League title with the Mumbai Indians.

The allrounder played a big part in the seven wicket win over the Delhi Capitals… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The east coast of the Coromandel remains largely cut off from the rest of the country, with access in and out severely impacted by the summer's cyclones.

A fix for the biggest slip in the region on… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Calls tonight for blanket ban on caged eggs. The animal welfare group, SAFE is delivering a petition with more than 30,000 signatures to Parliament this week.

Battery hen cages have been banned since… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.The Greens co-leader Marama Davidson has caused a stir after she told a far right activist - it is white cis men who cause violence in the world.

Opposition parties have criticised the remarks -… Read more Audio