Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 March 2023

5:54 PM.As Auckland Council aims to cut spending to solve a so-called $295 million financial deficit, former Silver Fern and general manager of literacy charity Duffy Books in Homes Linda Vaga talks to Lisa… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.Aucklanders have just a few hours left to have their say on sweeping cuts the council's proposing to meet a massive shortfall in its annual budget.

The region's libraries stand to lose funding… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Survivors of abuse in state care say suggestions they could face delays over redress are an insult.

The idea was raised in a briefing for the incoming minister for the public service, Andrew Little… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.A Corrections Department recuritment ad has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority, for perpetuating a negative stereotype of a Māori boy.

The TV commericial showed a young Māori boy… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Homeless in paradise - that's how Queenstown residents describe living in the resort town during the housing crisis.

People are resorting to living in cars, tents, hostels and couch surfing as… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.School students have lamented getting detentions because their buses are so late - or do not show up at all.

Residents of East Coast Bays in Auckland say a severe shortage of buses is leaving people… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.New Zealand Football is set to receive around $13 million in funding from FIFA over the next four years via the governing body's development programme.

The record-breaking investment in football… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The man at the centre of a standoff with police in Stratford has been arrested and taken into custody.

Police negotiators and the armed offenders squad surrounded a house for more than twelve hours… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.Opposition parties are demanding the Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson publicly apologise for saying white cis men are the main perpetrators of violence.

Ms Davidson made the remarks during a charged… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Mass cancellations of ferries in Auckland prompted the Transport Minister to call a crisis meeting late last week.

And over the weekend crew shortages saw services to Half Moon Bay, Birkenhead… Read more Video, Audio