Checkpoint for Friday 8 June 2018
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Car clinging cat still a mystery to SPCA
6:25 PM.The North Taranaki SPCA says it's no closer to identifying the owners of a moggie who spent four and a half hours clinging to the grill of a car from Orewa to New Plymouth. Video, Audio
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Inside a Mongrel Mob patching ceremony
6:22 PM.As part of an investigation into where gangs are heading in New Zealand, RNZ's Insight programme was allowed the first media recording of a Mongrel Mob patching ceremony. Video, Audio
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Hundreds attend Morrinsville Mycoplasma bovis meeting
6:12 PM.Around 500 farmers and industry representatives attended the meeting - the first in a series around the country that will be hosted by the Ministry for Primary Industries. Audio
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'Time is right' for speedway to move from Western Springs
6:08 PM.Cricket games will be played at Auckland's Western Springs in 2020 with Speedway announcing it's moving on after 90 years. Read more Video, Audio
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Coronation Street to fast forward 18 months
5:53 PM.New Zealand is 18 months behind the UK, so TVNZ is giving viewers two options - catch up by watching a two hour special or keep watching the current series at their own pace. Video, Audio
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Train services on Auckland's Western Line suspended
5:48 PM.Train services on Auckland's Western Line, from Newmarket to Swanson, have been suspended until further notice. Reporter Sarah Robson is at Britomart and says it's going to be a very long trip home… Read more Audio
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Forestry must adapt to climate change
5:44 PM.A forest management company says firms aren't operating any differently, blaming more extreme weather events that are happening more frequently for recent logging disasters. Audio
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Evening business for 8 June 2018
5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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All Blacks gear up for first test of 2018
5:29 PM.The All Blacks are expected to win but there might be a bit of rust as players from the five Super Rugby franchises join forces for the first time in 2018. Video, Audio
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Nana Barrett and her All Blacks scrapbooks
5:25 PM.All Blacks brothers Beauden, Jordie and Scott Barrett's nana Mary has a scrapbook for each of her All Blacks grandsons, which she fills with newspaper clippings and photographs she takes from TV. She… Read more Video, Audio
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Two Hawaii seaside communites engulfed by lava
5:24 PM.Lava from the Kilauea Volcano has engulfed two entire seaside communities on Hawaii's Big Island, following dramatic eruptions over the past month that have sent lava fountaining into the skies… Read more Video, Audio
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‘I’m disappointed EQC. No, I’m heartbroken’
5:18 PM.Christchurch woman Georgina Hanafin has written an open letter about her anguish, heartbreak and financial struggles with EQC. She says its settlement offer falls short, and she's taking the agency to… Read more Audio
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Housing sector cautiously backs new Ministry
5:14 PM.A new ministry - that of Housing and Urban Development - will roll three departments into a one-stop policy shop in charge of affordable housing, homelessness and large scale developments. Video, Audio
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Son found not guilty of father's murder
5:09 PM.A man who fatally stabbed his violent father has been found not guilty of murder. Court reporter Edward Gay has been following the case, and has the latest details. Video, Audio
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Checkpoint with John Campbell, Friday 8th of June 2018
5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video
