Checkpoint for Friday 15 June 2018

6:27 PM.A 525-year-old copy of a letter by Christopher Columbus mysteriously stolen from the Vatican was returned on Thursday after joint sleuthing by US Homeland Security agents and Holy See antiquity… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford will be welcoming their first child any day now. Following the birth, the new parents are expected to pose for photographs outside the… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.A second hard winter is on its way for some Kaikōura businesses, after a summer season interrupted by cyclones and other wild weather. Some are wondering how they will keep their doors open. Logan… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Former Australian cricketer Belinda Clark, whose batting record was smashed by Amelia Kerr against Ireland yesterday, says the teenager has a huge future. Ms Clark told Alex Perrottet she was thrilled… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Nauru is courting controversy again with a new law that punishes people for speaking publicly about court cases and publishing court decisions. Alex Perrottet talks to the country's former resident… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.The driver who hit and killed Paekakariki runner Caroline Boyd says he will never get behind the wheel again. Nathan James Lyon has been sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The skull fracture suffered by Remy Grosso in the first test at Eden Park last week has reignited debate again today after All Blacks Sam Cane and Ofa Tu'ungafasi escaped punishment. Rugby reporter… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM."Insulting" - that's how one of the Auckland councillors has described the conditions imposed on them around the release of a council report into the feasibility of a downtown stadium. Efeso Collins… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The father of a young man who drowned after walking out of the mental health unit at Waikato Hospital unsupervised says his care was a train-wreck waiting to happen. Nicky Stevens, who was 21 and… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Ministry for Primary Industry's head of biosecurity Roger Smith told 200 North Canterbury farmers that the agency was prevented from naming farmers with properties infected with Mycoplasma bovis due… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis has unveiled details about a $35 tourist tax, as well as a new online authority that will screen some travellers before they're allowed into New Zealand. Political Editor… Read more Video, Audio

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