Checkpoint for Friday 6 September 2019

5:09 PM.Enough methamphetamine to supply the country's users for six months has been stopped at the border in Custom's largest ever bust.

Just under 500kg of the class A drug was found in a shipment of… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.Air New Zealand boss Christopher Luxon says investigating options for a second commercial airport in Auckland is not about putting the squeeze on the current operator - but about cheaper airfares and… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.There's jubilation in Northland with the news that the government is to rebuild the railway line from Auckland to Whangārei.

The Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones made the… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:36 PM.Team New Zealand has reached a major milestone on the path to its defence of the America's Cup in Auckland in 2021.

Attended by around 500 people at the syndicate's headquarters on Auckland's Viaduct… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.A former gang leader with a string of previous violent offences, including murder and rape, has been sent back to prison for 13 years for his part in the death of a Ngaruawahia man in July last year.

5:48 PM.It's one of the most enduring mysteries, but now a team of scientists, led by a New Zealander, has suggested a fishy new theory about the Loch Ness Monster. David Doyle reports. Video, Audio

5:50 PM.Education Ministry boss Iona Holsted appears safe in her job for now, with the minister expressing confidence in her following revelations about contracts given to a disgraced former school principal.

5:54 PM.The All Blacks took to Garden Place in Hamilton on Friday to serve up some snags and mingle with fans ahead of tomorrow's final Rugby World Cup warm-up test against Tonga.

While the game might not… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Robert Mugabe, former prime minister and president of Zimbabwe, whose rule was mired in accusations of human rights abuses and corruption, has died aged 95.

His 40-year leadership of the former… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.The government is still trying to work out which benefit sanctions to scrap, despite promises to remove the most excessive measures.

Almost two years into its term in office, the only sanction that's… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.When it comes to fixing the country's polluted waterways, the major focus has been on farms - but urban councils could also be facing clean-up bills of billions of dollars.

RNZ reporter Harry Lock… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.An Auckland medical centre wants the cost of ordering extra supplies of the measles vaccine to be waived.

There are now 881 cases of measles in Auckland, up four from Thursday. It's causing serious… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.Some parents of a Christchurch primary school are raising concerns about the school's strict food policy.

This comes after a complaint was laid against Waitakiri Primary School after a teacher… Read more Audio