Checkpoint

Facebook has unveiled new live-streaming restrictions on the eve of the Christchurch Call summit in Paris. Technology commentator Paul Spain joins Checkpoint host Lisa Owen in the studio to discuss… Read more Video, Audio

Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video

Drivers eager to save money at the pump were happy to queue for today's opening of the new Waitomo petrol station in Upper Hutt. It's low prices have already forced other fuel retailers to drop their… Read more Video, Audio

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed his solidarity with Christchurch's Muslim community, while visiting the two mosques in the city attacked by a lone-gunman on March 15. Video, Audio

Businesses in downtown Auckland say their patrons are being driven away by trucks, dust and lack of access due to the City Rail Link construction outside their front doors. As the project’s deadline… Read more Video, Audio

EQC has heightened security at all its offices after receiving an anonymous threat on May 1. Deputy chief executive Renee Walker says the letter referred to causing harm to staff and mentioned the… Read more Video, Audio

US actress Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty to her part in a college admissions rort, where she paid $15,000 to a fake charity to get her daughter into a top college. Boston Globe reporter Maria… Read more Audio

The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners plans to go to the police about the way some firearms owners are being treated, in response to new legislation banning some weapons. Audio

Eight years after her home started sinking, Beverley Guy has finally had a breakthrough in her battle with EQC to fix ongoing problems with her earthquake damaged home. Read more Video, Audio

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

Local and Canadian investors have bought Vodafone, dashing an initial plan for it to list on the New Zealand share market. Talk of the sale emerged on Friday and the deal was sealed over the weekend.