Checkpoint for Thursday 26 September 2019

5:10 PM.Dairy giant Fonterra is promising to get back to basics after unveiling a $605 million annual loss.

New Zealand's biggest company has written off $826 million from mainly overseas assets as it looks… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Canterbury University has launched an independent investigation after the death of one of its students at a hostel went unnoticed for weeks.

The young man's body was found in his room at the Sonoda… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has concluded her quickfire trip to New York with a second appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

And the CBS host - a massive Lord of the Rings fan - has… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:35 PM.Too little, too late - that's how some growers have described the government's decision to boost the cap on temporary visas for foreign seasonal workers.

Today it signalled an increase of just over… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.The widow of an Auckland father hit and killed by an Uber driver has told the man responsible she doesn't hate him.

Daljinder Singh was driving up Hobson Street in Auckland's CBD in June 2017 when he… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The Speaker has banned parties from publishing attack ads featuring edited footage from speeches in Parliament, after several have been published by National.

Trevor Mallard has given National a… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.Rugby minnows Uruguay are the giant-killers of the Rugby World Cup, having overcome Fiji 30-27 yesterday in Kamaishi.

It's only Uruguay's fourth World Cup, and the win over Fiji their third ever win… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The new sole owners of the Warriors are confident they can bring stability and success to New Zealand's lone NRL rugby league franchise.

Just 16 months after it started, the joint ownership… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.Britain's Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their baby son Archie have met with retired archbishop Desmond Tutu in Cape Town.

The visit came on the third day of their African tour. Serena Chaudhry… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.The University of Canterbury and Campus Living Villages have broken their silence, three days after discovering the death of a student on their watch.

The New Zealand man was dead for a number of… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Dairy farmers are disappointed after Fonterra unveiled a record annual loss and signalled it was going back to basics in a bid to return to profitability.

New Zealand's largest company posted a $605… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Legendary Olympic runner Sir John Walker who became a champion of the right for all kids to learn how to swim has made his farewells to the Auckland Council as he battles Parkinson's Disease.

Sir… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.Smaller airlines are reluctant to take on provincial routes that Jetstar have dropped, saying they can't compete against Air New Zealand.

Jetstar, a subsidiary of Qantas, announced it plans to end… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.Family is never far away in the Pacific and that theory also holds true at the Rugby World Cup.

Among the legions of supporters to descend on Japan are a host of proud parents, partners, siblings and… Read more Audio