Checkpoint

The Ngāruwāhia Community Board has made its local pools cheaper by 50% in an effort to stop people jumping of a rail bridge where an 11-year-old was killed last year. Video, Audio

Deep in the heart of Auckland's posh Ponsonby is 95sqm of vacant residential land….and it could be yours for $750,000. Real estate agent Craig Watkins shows Lisa Owen around the tiny empty lot… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Two primary school teachers have been censured for pushing or pulling young children, reigniting debate about when teachers should be able to handle students. Education Correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Audio

Where's the coldest place to escape the heatwave in New Zealand? We got reporter Alex Perrottet to find out.  Video, Audio

Jonathan Petramala is a weather reporter for Accu weather in Chicago where it took just five minutes outside for his pants to freeze solid during his broadcast earlier today. He told Lisa Owen via… Read more Video, Audio

Blistering cold weather in America has made some parts of the country almost 20 degrees colder than Antarctica. As Bridget Burke reports, it's so cold that people are being told not to breathe too… Read more Video, Audio

The wife of a terminally ill cancer patient says the government has failed her husband - and many others - by not having an adequate cancer plan. Melissa Vining was speaking at a cancer conference in… Read more Video, Audio

Employers are pushing back against being locked into industrial agreements that would set minimum pay and conditions across whole sectors. The full recommendations about what those agreements should… Read more Video, Audio

Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video

Nelson grandma Lena has been tweeting up a storm, giving advice about coping with soaring temperatures. She shared some of her tips with producer Bridget Burke. Audio