10K views · 73 reactions | #WATCH: Ports of Auckland has had a torrid past few months, with increasing pressure from importers and retailers to speed up stock movement through the port. The company insists the delays are due to staff shortages, despite worker's telling Checkpoint the move to automated straddle carriers to shift containers is to blame. We sent reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro for a morning on the wharves. | Checkpoint | Facebook

11K views · 59 reactions | If you have ever flown long-haul in cattle class you will know only too well the pain and frustration of not being able to lie down. Now Air NZ has moved to patent a new economy class sleep pod that has been three years in the making. It is called Skynest, but will it fly? | Checkpoint | Facebook

1.6K views | #WATCH: Riding high after a drought-breaking victory over the Hurricanes in Wellington, the Auckland-based side have officially welcomed their marquee recruit. Now a former Hurricanes first-five - All Blacks star Beauden Barrett has joined the Blues squad - a return that's arrived slightly earlier than expected. Clay Wilson with more on Barrett's eagerness to end his holiday and hit the training paddock with his new team. | Checkpoint | Facebook