Checkpoint

Solo mum Tania Ashton is warning people not to buy houses repaired by EQC, after discovering the home she bought needs repairs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, which insurance won't cover. Read more Video, Audio

According to animal advocacy group SAFE there are about 15,000 sows confined to farrowing crates at any one time. Pigs can't turn around inside one, but farmers say they're humane. Video, Audio

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

Britain's expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the military-grade nerve agent attack on a former Russia double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia is the biggest expulsion in… Read more Video, Audio

A bogus breath-testing checkpoint, which targeted a group of euthanasia supporters, has been ruled unlawful and unjustified by the police watchdog and privacy commissioner. Video, Audio

University students, lawyers and members of the public called on the government today to suspend its contracts with law firm Russell McVeagh pending a review into serious allegations of sexual… Read more Video, Audio

Defence Minister Ron Mark says he used Defence Force aircraft to transport him to and from his hometown Masterton on two occasions on advice from the Air Force.  Video, Audio

Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video

Residents of the Diana Isaac village are outraged and today marched on the Canterbury Regional Council buildings armed with a 600-signature petition, saying the Orbiter bus is a lifeline and cannot be… Read more Video, Audio

Sandip Patel suffered a fractured skull and cuts to his hands and arms during a robbery yesterday, in which two men stole cash and cigarettes before fleeing in a stolen car. Video, Audio