Checkpoint for Monday 14 October 2019

5:10 PM.Raetihi locals are worried their small central North Island settlement will turn into a ghost town if the lifeline State Highway 4 isn't fixed quickly.

The road has been shut off for most of the… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Cabinet Minister Shane Jones has stumbled into a new faux pas - with photos emerging of him on holiday using a semi-automatic gun banned in New Zealand in the wake of the mosque attacks.

The New… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Two long-term contraceptives which currently cost hundreds of dollars will now be fully funded by the government - a change being described as 'life-changing' for some women.

Pharmac has announced it… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Student halls of residence will be bound by a mandatory code of practice following the death of a 19-year-old whose body lay undiscovered for weeks in his room at a Christchurch student hostel.

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5:33 PM.Sky Television has secured crucial rugby broadcast rights, in a move likely to shore up its sports war-chest after hemorrhaging cricket and the Rugby World Cup to rival Spark.

Sky will keep the… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:45 PM.The All Blacks will take on Ireland in this weekend's Rugby World Cup quarter-finals after Japan beat Scotland last night to qualify top of pool A and set up a showdown with South Africa.

England… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.The whānau of a man shot and killed by police in Thames in 2015 say they were let down by both the mental health service and police.

Thirty-year old Vaughan Te Moananui, who had mental health issues… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.A person is dead after a yacht sank off the Northland coast on Monday afternoon.

Police say a mayday call was received shortly after midday after the 47-foot sloop got into trouble in bad weather… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.There is more bad news for Labour and the Prime Minister, with the latest political poll.

The One News Colmar Brunton poll has National significantly ahead of Labour, and able to govern with just… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.The boss of Sky TV has ruled out giving away any more Sky shares to secure other sports rights after sealing the Sanzaar rugby deal with a 5 percent shareholding in the pay TV network for NZ Rugby.

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6:25 PM.Japan head coach Jamie Joseph claimed that seeing Typhoon Hagibis destroy parts of the country inspired his team to battle harder for a quarter-final place at the Rugby World Cup.

The Brave Blossoms… Read more Video, Audio