Checkpoint

A Wellington couple building their dream waterfront home say they're living a nightmare after they were sold an incorrectly marked grade of steel. Video, Audio

TVNZ has secured the rights to broadcast the next America's Cup, while work is well underway behind the scenes to transform parts of Auckland's waterfront for the defence. Video, Audio

A Hawke's Bay iwi and a local winery who have been at loggerheads over a controversial track snaking up Te Mata Peak say they're going to close it and build a new one together. Video, Audio

The Canterbury earthquakes damaged the facility beyond use, and almost six years after it was demolished, a new facility known as Taiora QE2 has risen from the rubble. Read more Video, Audio

Conditions at some emergency housing providers in Whanganui are so poor they are putting vulnerable people at risk, the city's Salvation Army's tenancy manager for emergency housing says. Read more Video, Audio

Sex workers say they are being undercut and crowded out by foreign prostitutes working in breach of their visas, because New Zealand is seen as an easy sex work holiday. Audio

The 'three strikes' law is set to be axed, with Justice Minister Andrew Little saying he will take a proposal to Cabinet to repeal it in 10 days. That's bad news for Norm Withers, who wants tougher… Read more Video, Audio

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

The Mycoplasma bovis 'road show' headed to Makuri, near Palmerston North, today. John Campbell called the Makuri Country Club to speak to farmers. First up was dairy farmer and Tararua District Mayor… Read more Video, Audio

Ukraine's security services say they faked the murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko to save him from what they said was a real assassination plot by Russia. Even his family thought he was… Read more Video, Audio

The taxpayer has paid potentially millions of dollars in free renovations to private homeowners as a result of Housing New Zealand's botched campaign against methamphetamine contamination. Read more Audio

Housing Minister Phil Twyford has been labelled a hypocrite for refusing to apologise or compensate tenants who were kicked out of their HNZ houses because of flawed meth testing guidelines. Video, Audio