Checkpoint for Thursday 5 September 2019

5:10 PM.The government has unveiled its plan of action to clean up rivers and lakes around the country, but farmers already feel under attack.

The proposed strategy, now out for consultation, would usher in… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.The government has unveiled its plan of action to clean up rivers and lakes around the country, but farmers already feel under attack.

The proposed strategy, now out for consultation, would usher in… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Chinese tourists involved in a fatal crash near Rotorua have described passengers dangling from their seatbelts after the bus flipped on its side.

Four adults and a young child were killed when the… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.There have been tears of shock and sadness as a man accused of murdering a Mangawahi toddler was instead been convicted of manslaughter.

Ariah Roberts suffered an unsurvivable head injury in the care… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:46 PM.Beauden Barrett is back at first-five and Ben Smith is back at fullback for the All Blacks, while one veteran's return has him emotional ahead of his last test on New Zealand soil.

Coach Steve Hansen… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.An assisted home ownership scheme under KiwiBuild is unlikely to benefit low income families according to official advice. That's despite the government claiming otherwise.

The renovated, relaunched… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A Māori man has been turned away from a Melbourne restaurant because of his full-faced moko.

Touch rugby coach Gary Harding, from Ngāti Porou, booked a table at Village Belle for a thank you dinner… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Farmers say the most draconian of the government's proposals to restore the quality of the nation's waterways would effectively close the farm gate in some regions.

Under the proposals, there would… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.The five Chinese tourists who were killed in a bus crash near Rotorua had only just begun their holiday in New Zealand.

Twenty-seven people were on board the bus when it crashed on State Highway 5 on… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.The US government is warning its citizens about New Zealand's measles outbreak, as the number of cases tops 1,000.

More than 50 cases in Auckland have been confirmed in the past 24 hours - the total… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.The so-called 'miracle baby' in Fiji who was found 10 days ago crawling near five dead family members at the top of a cliff, has been discharged from hospital.

Nirmal Kumar, his wife, their daughter… Read more Audio