Checkpoint for Tuesday 11 May 2021

6:22 PM.A Dunedin family is pulling out all stops to find their two much-loved missing dogs.

Search and Rescue has combed the area near their Brighton home more than once.

The family has put up a… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Hundreds of people marched to the Manawatū District Council buildings in Feilding today to protest against the council kicking the can down the road on Māori representation.

The council voted last… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.A so-called 'scout' in the alleged murder of 'Ricky' Wang helped clean up at the scene, bury a body in the central North Island and keep quiet for two years.

Mr Wang went missing in 2017 and his body… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.A central Dunedin Countdown remains closed a day on from a knife attack that left four people in hospital.

Police have today praised the supermarket staff, customers and emergency services for their… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.Educators have taken their frustration and disappointment to the top - meeting with the government over pay worries.

Some workers are furious about a government directive that means those in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.The Auditor-General wants the Ministry for Social Development to crack down on businesses that got the wage subsidy and didn't need it.

The multibillion-dollar wage subsidy scheme was designed to… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6253614135001 Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The owner of a US laboratory that tested sunscreen products sold in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to falsifying results.

Several brands available here relied on results from the company to support… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The government has unveiled its plan to tackle rising gun violence among gangs, by banning 'high risk' people from having firearms.

Any gang members who appear before the courts will come under the… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.There are allegations sideline boozing at a Wellington club rugby game led to racial slurs and a brawl in the final minutes of a match - with one spectator knocked to the ground.

Wellington Rugby is… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Public sector unions are claiming a government backdown on its promised pay freeze after a massive backlash.

Both sides were locked in crisis talks today - emerging this afternoon with some sort of… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.It has been revealed an off-duty police officer who just happened to be shopping a Dunedin Countdown played a critical role in subduing the man accused of seriously stabbing four people in a violent… Read more Video, Audio