Checkpoint

The Transport Agency's been given a permit to herd, injure, and kill seals after State Highway One north of Kaikoura was damaged during the earthquake last year. Audio

The inquiry into the Havelock North water contamination has found the Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Hastings District Council failed to protect public health. Audio

One hundred and seventy childrens' graves at Manukau Memorial Gardens in South Auckland have been damaged by maintenance workers. Video, Audio

CNN reporter Shimon Prokupez says he and all of his colleagues had not even the remotest inkling that Donald Trump would fire James Comey. Video, Audio

Is the Hilary Clinton email explanation for James Comey's termination plausible? We asked Stephen Dinan from the Washington Times. Video, Audio

The White House says James Comey was fired because he mishandled the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, but Mr Comey was in the middle of investigating ties with Russia. Video, Audio

Watch Wednesday's full programme here.

Solid Energy CEO Tony King says its the right decision not to send personnel up the Pike River drift, and that he's disappointed no one has ever been prosecuted for the deaths of the Pike 29. Video, Audio

MP for Whanganui, Chester Borrows, has been found not guilty of a charge of careless driving causing injury. Robin Martin reports. Video, Audio

Cust publican Tommy Dick is promising a ripper of a night when his bar re-opens tonight after being dry for a month. Alcohol is back on the menu - and finger food is on the house. Video, Audio

Aid agencies are yet to guage the severity of damage caused by cyclone Donna in the northern islands of Vanuatu. New Caledonia is bracing itself as the cyclone barrels towards the island. Video, Audio