Checkpoint

Families are sleeping in their cars as the Auckland halo effect catches up in Dargaville. A serious shortage of houses is causing great concern, in a town that's never had a problem with homelessness… Read more Video, Audio

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

RNZ reporter Jacob McSweeny is in Ashhurst, where a public meeting is being held for Ashhurst and Woodville residents frustrated about the extended closure of the Manawatu gorge. Video, Audio

The Earthquake Commission is being blamed for delays in settling insurance claims resulting from April's Edgecumbe flooding, with three staff assigned to deal with all 271 claims received. Read more Video, Audio

A senior constable wept in court today as she described the bloody scene where Amokura Daniels-Sanft had been fatally shot in the head. The girl's father Gustav Otto Sanft is on trial for… Read more Video, Audio

Labour has made its main economic pitch to voters with its alternative Budget, under which billions more would be spent on health, education and boosting family incomes. Audio

Team New Zealand has released the first details of the next America's Cup, indicating it is likely to be held in Auckland in 2021 with strict conditions including a "constructed in country" rule for… Read more Video, Audio

Hundreds of roles will change at IRD in order to better equip staff to handle technological changes, IRD commissioner Naomi Ferguson says. Video, Audio

Watch Wednesday's full programme here. Video

Justine Damond dialled 911 shortly before midnight on Saturday night but was shot dead in her pyjamas as she approached the police car. Video, Audio