Checkpoint

A couple who has been battling the Earthquake Commission since their property was damaged in a big storm in Whanganui nearly three years ago, has been left shattered by the experience. Video, Audio

Far North housing provider Te Ahikaaroa Trust says people in desperate need of housing are suffering because the government-run Māori Housing Network isn't working properly. Video, Audio

Tempers flared in Canterbury Regional Council as opponents to two water bottling plants told the council why they shouldn't go ahead. Video, Audio

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

The easiest decison he'd ever made.... That's how the new Reserve Bank governor described his first call on interest rates today, when he left the official cash rate at a record low of 1 point 75… Read more Video, Audio

Glenavy cricket club members have taken the law into their own hands, solving a crime themselves after their clubrooms were burgled. Read more Video, Audio

Thirty-eight farms are now infected with Mycoplasma bovis and another 100 are likely to be infected, making it a whole lot more challenging to eradicate, Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor says. Video, Audio

Services in and out of the Auckland CBD's only train station might not be fully back up and running until Saturday. Video, Audio

An unknown substance has caused twelve people to be hospitalised and dozens more evacuated from a 16-storey office building in central Auckland. Video, Audio

Watch Thursday's full programme here. Video

The leaders of Britain, Germany and France, which were signatories to the deal along with China and Russia, said in a joint statement that Donald Trump's decision is a cause for "regret and concern."… Read more Video, Audio