15:00 Checkpoint with John Campbell for Thursday 16 August, 2018 5:09 MPs spend more than $2m in just three months 5:14 Foreign buyers banned, but critics warn it will have little impact 5:16 Media banned from Māori King's coronation celebrations 5:18 Calls for heads to roll following Italy bridge collapse 5:23 Dozens killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack 5:28 Delay for earthworks at Christchurch's Metro sports facility 5:34 Evening business for 16 August 2018 5:40 Protesters dressed as cows oppose Mackenzie Basin farm 5:44 Recycler considering legal action over mounting rubbish 5:47 First US transgender governor nominee picked 5:49 Police comms staff feel they can't take sick leave 5:52 Wellington cafe offering inmates jobs as baristas 5:55 NZ First MPs signed contract over waka jumping punishment 6:08 Concerns about bridge’s structure ‘fell on deaf ears’ 6:12 MPs own homes in Wellington, but claim accommodation allowance anyway 6:18 Steven Adams back in NZ but not playing for Tall Blacks 6:22 Youth hubs face closure despite popularity