Checkpoint

Nurses have been offered a backdated 2 percent pay deal, a lump sum payment of $1050, pay equity from next year, and a commitment to better staffing, but for many that's not good enough. Audio

Joko Widodo is the first Indonesian leader to visit New Zealand for more than a decade and Jacinda Ardern says she will raise human rights concerns with him. Video, Audio

Ngāruawāhia fire chief Karl Lapwoof says no amount of public meetings, police interventions, or warnings will keep children off the bridge, so it's time to consider a different solution. Video, Audio

Ngāruawāhia locals, shocked by the death of an 11-year-old girl killed by a freight train, say something needs to change before someone else dies, but they're not holding out hope it will. Video, Audio

Watch Monday's full programme here. Video

A lot is at stake for the 50 St Paul's College Samoan boys defending their title this weekend at Polyfest, the largest secondary school Pacific dance competition in the world. Laura Tupou goes behind… Read more Video, Audio

Work from prominent New Zealand artists, pieces from the National Art Collection and more contemporary work will be on display at the long-awaited art gallery. Video, Audio

Lake Hawea residents fed up with human waste at Craig Burn, a popular recreation spot, have taken matters into their own hands building a wall of rocks and soil to block freedom campers. Video, Audio

Inadequate care at early childhood centres, including the flouting of minimum staffing levels, may be causing babies and infants to suffer what's being described as toxic stress levels. John Gerritsen… Read more Video, Audio

Sailors in the Volvo Ocean yacht race are about to leave the comforts and festivities of Auckland for one of the most isolated and challenging places on the planet. Video, Audio

WOMAD or the World of Music, Arts and Dance is on in New Plymouth this weekend. Music 101 host Alex Behan is there and spoke to John Campbell. Video, Audio