Checkpoint

A local company with Chinese backing wants to take wealthy tourists through regional New Zealand, and have the train cross the Cook Strait on a rail ferry. Video, Audio

Addiction services are under-funded and more treatment facilities are urgently needed, Minister of Health David Clark says. Read more Video, Audio

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

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira agrees with Regional Development Minister Shane Jones that the government should step in to get young people on the benefit "off the couch". Video, Audio

New immigration rules brought in by the former National Government mean the aged care sector could lose a third of its staff by April 2020, because around a third of its workers are migrants. Audio

The mercury topped 30 degrees in some parts of the country, with highs of 31 in Alexandra and Clyde, and with temperatures this warm at the start of the summer, feed stocks could disappear quickly. Video, Audio

Residents have been warned the city could run out of water as soon as tonight if strict water restrictions aren't adhered to. Reservoirs are at a critical level after sizzling temperatures around the… Read more Video, Audio

Canterbury District Health Board member Jo Kane called for the Director-General of Health Chai Chuah's resignation. She joined Checkpoint live shortly after the Health Minister confirmed his… Read more Video, Audio

Watch Monday's full programme here. Video