Checkpoint for Monday 8 May 2023

5:54 PM.In Auckland alone we send 100,000 tonnes of food waste to landfill every year. Now food scrap bins are being rolled out across the city to help use that food for fuel, at the country's first… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.After two months of using a dinghy, a husband and wife stranded by Cyclone Gabrielle can now leave home on a slightly less precarious river crossing.

The storm's heavy rain swelled the Manawatū… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Nelson has long been known for its "Sunshine Wages" but a new report shows they have fallen to 14 percent below the national average.

At just over $60,000 dollars a year - they are the lowest average… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.The boss of the Warriors major sponsor has called out the NRL referees after what he says is "cheating of the highest order".

One New Zealand chief executive Jason Paris vented on social media… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.A Christchurch trust working with at-risk youth is one of more than 130 to have their funding cut by Oranga Tamariki.

The Youth Alive Trust has been around for more than three decades and runs… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Retailers are warning insurance hikes in the wake of ram raids and other crime could force many out of business.

Retail New Zealand says the rising costs mean more than eighty percent of its members… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.ACT wants to spend half a billion dollars building youth detention centres that would be run by the Department of Corrections, if it is in government.

The party says young law breakers need to be… Read more Video, Audio