Checkpoint

Tickets for the Women's Rugby World Cup are being snapped up in record numbers. The final at Twickenham is set to be played in front of more than 80,000 fans, a nearly 3000% increase in crowd numbers form the inaugural tournament in 1991. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

A new scheme aims to cut out supermarkets and get the fruit and vegetables grown next door or down the road onto people's plates. A group of charities in Wellington is working to source produce direct from local growers and create an online platform where shoppers can bypass big mark-ups and eat seasonally too. Ellen O'Dwyer reports.

The age limits on New Zealand working holiday visas are "antiquated" according to a 77 year old year Waikato woman, who has regularly traveled overseas on working holidays. At the moment working holiday visa's are an option for people up to age 35. But the number of those visas issued has been steadily declining, prompting calls for change. Journalist Venetia Sherson has been travelling to italy to work on organic farms for decades, and spoke to Lisa Owen.

A looming deadline hangs over a group of homeless people living on a church's grounds. Advocates said those living in a carpark at Holy Trinity Avonside in Christchurch have nowhere else to go. But the Christchurch City Council said it's not a camping ground and the church has two days to stop treating it as such.Timothy Brown reports.

New Zealand mother Sarah Shaw has described her traumatic ordeal in United States immigration detention, where she and her son were held for three weeks after a visa mix up at the US-Canada border. She's finally made it back to her home state of Washington, but is required to wear an ankle monitor and still faces further court appearances. She said she's full of gratitude to the friend who relentlessly publicised her case and pressured US authorities. Kate Green reports.

A year on from their most successful Olympics, Canoe Sprint New Zealand is using this week's World Champs as a chance to build and evolve. A team of 13 paddlers will line-up in Milan, Italy, including Dame Lisa Carrington, who makes her highly anticipated return to racing, but there are up-and-coming athletes who want to make a mark too. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.

A soldier with links to far-right groups and who thought he was spying on New Zealand for a foreign power was sentenced today for attempted espionage.At a court martial at Linton Military Camp near Palmerston North, after 24 hours of deliberations, Judge Kevin Riordon delivered lengthy sentencing remarks. Reporter Jimmy Ellingham was at the first-of-a-kind hearing and spoke to Lisa Owen.

Asia correspondent Adam Hancock spoke to Lisa Owen about China and India trying to warm up relations after years of frosty tensions, as well as a Peruvian woman who has been accused of smuggling drugs into Bali via a sex toy and could face the death penality if found guilty.

A proposed law that would make it easier for people to get spare parts and patch up their appliances appears to be on the scrap heap itself. Despite 95% of submitters supporting the Right to Repair Bill, a select committee reviewing it has recommended it go no further. The bill would have forced manufacturers to stock spare parts, discouraging them from purposely making appliances that cant be repeaired and end up at the tip. Member of the Right to Repair Coalition, Alex Sims spoke to Lisa Owen.

Business News with Anan Zaki.