Checkpoint for Friday 17 August 2018

6:26 PM.Just how prolific was Aretha Franklin's songs? We sent Zac Fleming and our cameraman Nick Monro out onto the streets of central Auckland to find out. Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Of the musicians Rick Bryant has loved and studied the most, Aretha Franklin is at the top of the list. Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Biographer Mark Bego met Aretha Franklin and interviewed her at her home in surburban Detroit for his book "The Queen of Soul". He spoke to John Campbell. Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Eighteen year old Jonathan Lee is a graduate student at Soulsville Foundation. He talked to Bridget Burke about Aretha's legacy. Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Christy Valentine is the head of development at Soulsville Foundation, an academy for singers and musicians in Aretha Franklin's childhood neighbourhood in Memphis Tennessee. She spoke with producer… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Aretha Franklin's father was a pastor at Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church for more than three decades. Reverend Robert Smith is Pastor there now. He tells John Campbell Aretha loved the church… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Hockey New Zealand will take a look at their own structures after a former player claimed she was unhappy with the environment within the Black Sticks setup, and it forced her to end her international… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Katy Perry tickets have been going for half price via the bargain website GrabOne, leaving fans who paid full price feeling miffed. Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The education sector is facing another strike, this time by specialists who work with special needs children. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Rangi McLean is a former Māori Party candidate and current chairman of the Manurewa marae. He told reporter John Boynton he supported the media ban. Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Media have been banned from Māori King Tuhetia's koroneihana or coronations at Turangawaewae marae. Te Manu Korihi reporter John Boynton is in Ngaruawahia and explains what would be happening this… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Lightning in Tokoroa caused a tree to explode, which shattered windows in nearby houses, flattened a ute and damaged another vehicle. It was just one of 8000 lightning strikes recorded overnight. Audio

5:09 PM.She won 14 Grammys, sold 75 million records and gave people goose bumps whenever she sang. Aretha Franklin wasn't just a soul singer - she was the Queen of Soul. John Campbell reports. Video, Audio

5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full programme here. Video