Checkpoint for Friday 10 May 2019

6:22 PM.Award winning song-writer, pop star and champion of NZ music, Malcolm Black, has died of cancer. Lisa Owen spoke with the musician and lawyer's friend, Bic Runga. Audio

6:17 PM.A man who died when he fell from a moving van on Auckland's Southern Motorway yesterday was a client of Framework Services, a company providing mental health services. The chair of Framework Services… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.There's relief in Christchurch as terror attack victims are told much-needed money is on the way. After eight weeks, Victim Support has finally revealed it would be handing over another $3.5 million… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft says systemic racism affects decisions made by government workers, including those working in child welfare services. He is speaking out after two midwives… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Robert Whittaker is determined to connect with his Māori roots ahead of his UFC title defence against Kiwi star Israel Adesanya later this year. Sports reporters Clay Wilson and Ravinder Hunia caught… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.'Royal Sweets and Cafe' was known and loved by locals in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham, but behind the scenes its co-owners were working their sweet chefs so hard they feared they might die. Audio

5:40 PM.The man who died on Auckland's Southern Motorway yesterday was a client of a company providing mental health services.

He fell from a Framework Services vehicles being driven by a staff member near… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.More than 60 years after it launched 111, police have launched a separate line - 105 - for non-urgent, not life-threatening calls. Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Moa footprints are being carefully extracted from a rural Otago river, where they were discovered by chance in March. The footprints are believed to be a couple million years old, and the first… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Victim Support has announced it will distribute another $3.5 million to mosque attack victims and their families but won't say whether the government raised any concerns with the charity, responsible… Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.Ani Nohinohi, the sole survivor of a horror crash that killed seven people in Taranaki, has apologised after admitting she and her partner, who was driving, were wasted on synthetic cannabis. Video, Audio

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