Zac Fleming
MFAT alone spent more than $4m negotiating TPP
The total cost of negotiating the TPP may never be known, but documents obtained by Checkpoint reveal the travel costs for one Ministry alone were more than $4 million. ZAC FLEMING reports. Video, Audio
'For the past 22 years it's deteriorated'
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
Watercare denies allegations of coverup
Watercare is denying allegations it purposely delayed consultation on a proposed water treatment plant that could see 18 families in West Auckland forcibly removed from their homes. Video, Audio
Pharmac looks to fund women's tampons and pads
Government funded health agency Pharmac is considering funding women's sanitary products such as tampons and pads. Charity KidsCan says many girls can't afford the products. Audio
Port Hills forests decimated by fires will take 80 year
The Summit Road Society has been working hard to regenerate a 150 hectare area of land into native forest for the past 30 years, but now around half of their land's been charred. Video, Audio
Police joining investigation into Port Hills fire
The team of investigators looking into the fire have asked the police to get involved because of the seriousness of the blaze, and the potential that its cause could be suspicious. Audio
Port Hills fire location narrowed to "couple of metres square"
Ken Legat of Fire Investigation Services spent the day on Early Valley Road says they're yet to determine whether the cause of the Port Hills fire is suspicious, but they have located its origin. Video, Audio
Port Hills family lose house and over 40 classic cars
A Port Hills family had no idea their house and more than 40 classic cars had been lost until they returned home the next morning. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio
Taxing junk food, subsidising fresh food could save billions
The package of food taxes and subsidies would save Australia $3.4 billion in healthcare costs without affecting household food bills. Audio
Pest control sent to cockroach infested state home
After a months long battle with Housing New Zealand, pest control has visited Daniel Laybourn's cockroach infested state home in Otara. Zac Fleming was there as Daniel returned home. Video, Audio
Nearly 100 whales still alive after mass stranding
Rescuers have spent most of today trying to save as many whales as they can from a mass stranding of more than 400 whales at Farewell Spit. Video, Audio
WINZ pays nearly $40k for family to live in motel
A Whangarei family has been living in a motel for more than six months, costing the government nearly $40,000, because they can't secure a private or state home. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio
HNZ yet to send help for cockroach-infested home
A state housing tenant says he has been living in a cockroach infested Housing New Zealand home for months because they have repeatedly delayed fumigating it. Video, Audio
HNZ home infested with cockroaches
An Auckland Housing New Zealand home is infested with hundreds of cockroaches, and despite calls from its tenant for HNZ to fumigate the property, nothing has been done. Video, Audio
Tourist driver petition to be presented to Parliament next week
Victims of crashes caused by tourist drivers want the Government to force tourist drivers to sit a license test, or at the very least, an online exam before they can get behind the wheel. Video, Audio
Police to introduce online crime reporting tool
Pending funding, the police want to introduce an online crime reporting tool in September that would handle non-emergencies and petty crime like theft. Video, Audio
New rodeo footage shows cattle electric shocked, punched
More footage of a Northland rodeo has emerged, this time showing teenage cattle being struck with an electric prodder. Zac Fleming reports. Video, Audio
Campground owners defend visitor bans and fees
A Kapiti Coast campground has controversially banned visitors, saying freeloaders are costing the facility too much money. Audio
Companies pull rodeo sponsorship over alleged animal abuse
Ray White, LJ Hooker and Harcourts have cancelled their sponsorship of the Mid Northern Rodeo after allegations of animal abuse, including calves being electric shocked. Audio
Rodeo footage shows animals restrained, in distress
The Ministry of Primary Industries has launched an investigation after footage of rodeos, released exclusively to Checkpoint, appears to show animals being electrically prodded and restrained.
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