Checkpoint

It was a day of firsts and lasts at Te Matatini today with one Hawke's Bay iwi having their first team perform, and one performer putting on their last show. Read more Video, Audio

Mt Albert voters will go to the polls tomorrow to select a new MP. Checkpoint invited the three frontrunners to sum up their campaigns in just one minute. Video, Audio

A group of Indian students who are on the verge of being deported plan to push Indian police to press charges against their agents, while their lawyer continues their fight in New Zealand. Video, Audio

Residents are being asked to conserve water because reservoirs in Christchurch's Port Hills are struggling with increased pressure from firefighters. Video, Audio

The Minister of Justice Amy Adams says she'll review section 162 of the Crimes Act following an appeal from a family whose son died 15 months after a vicious assault. Video, Audio

Christchurch woman Pam Sharpe has endured earthquakes, fires and dealing with insurance companies, but then she received a parking ticket. She tells Checkpoint what happened next. Video, Audio

Sea lions, royal albatrosses, a rare rata forest and yellow-eyed penguin chicks were just some of the animals RNZ's Ian Telfer saw on a trip to the largest of NZ's subantarctic islands. Video, Audio

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

We sent reporters to the Waikato, Canterbury and Lower Hutt to ask people when they last swam in a river, and how their local rivers are doing. Video, Audio

Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, says there are some good parts to the new freshwater targets, but also some very concerning aspects. Read more Video, Audio

Mike Bush, the country's top police officer, was convicted of drink driving 34 years ago in 1983. Mr Bush describes what happened to John Campbell. Video, Audio