Checkpoint for Monday 15 May 2023

5:07 PM.A small Northland community is reeling tonight after two children were killed in their home, in Ruakākā.

A homicide investigation has been launched by police, who have cordoned off a street in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.A community board chair says she's seen Gore District Council staff behave unprofessionally towards Mayor Ben Bell, and they've been less than helpful to the community board as well.

Nicky Coats is… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.A Mount Roskill liquor store manager at his wits end after multiple robberies in the last few months.

He had applied for assistance from the Government's crime prevention fund but didn't qualify… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.An historic first All Blacks Test in Fiji is increasingly likely as New Zealand Rugby seeks to strengthen its ties in the South Pacific.

The All Blacks are scheduled to play Fiji in New Zealand next… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.An Auckland football club has apparently scored an own goal amid allegations it's disrespecting its top women players.

Western Springs Association Football Club wished all the "Springs Mums" a happy… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.In response to the claim that NCEA Level 1 is being "dumbed down", Education Minister Jan Tinetti says she has been told by other schools that the changes to NCEA are "giving a more robust nature to… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.More than 300 households whose homes were wrecked in the cyclone and Auckland floods, are still waiting to be housed - or are in limbo.

The hold up is partly because the Temporary Accomodation… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.As Nelson recovers from the devastating August floods - the full extent of slip damage across the region is becoming clearer.

Thirty three homes were damaged by landslide debris that came from… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Work is starting on a new intersection to a Defence Force site along a traffic pinch point in the lower North Island.

A roundabout will be built at the entrance to the Ōhakea Air Force base so the… Read more Audio