Checkpoint

Four people have been injured, one critically, in a fire in a South Auckland house. RNZ reporter Laura Tupou joins Checkpoint from the scene. Video, Audio

Team New Zealand has beaten Artemis Racing in a near photo-finish to go 4-2 up in the first-to-five America's Cup challenger final and edge nearer to a revenge match against holders Oracle. Video, Audio

Labour says it would make changes to student visas and work visas would be allocated according to regional skills shortages. Party leader Andrew Little talks to Sharon Brettkelly. Video, Audio

Hollywood is on the lookout for women fluent in Te Reo after it was announced Moana will be the first Disney film to be translated into Te Reo Maori. Video, Audio

Kapiti Mayor K Gurunathan loves Waikanae's famous macrocarpa hedge, but says it might have to be cut even further if sewerage and watermains beneath it are ruptured. Video, Audio

Mei Heron and Rebekah Parsons-King look at how refugees in New Zealand are faring ahead of the first increase in this country's annual refugee quota in 30 years. Video, Audio

Three Barrett brothers - Beauden, Scott and Jordie - will take the field for the All Blacks against Samoa this Friday. Matt Chatterton reports. Video, Audio

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

The father of Auckland teenager Christie Marceau, who was killed by a man on bail for kidnapping her, says his naive faith in the justice system was misplaced. Court reporter Edward Gay joins… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland mayor Phil Goff has released the long-awaited Housing Taskforce report, and landbankers are in his sights. Audio

Team New Zealand is 4-2 up in the challenger finals and just one win away from making its sixth America's Cup Final after a drama filled day on the water in Bermuda. Video, Audio