Checkpoint for Thursday 30 January 2020

5:09 PM.The mother of a young disabled boy badly injured in an accident at a south Auckland kindergarten says there's been no justice for her son, even after the kindy was found to have breached multiple… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Air New Zealand will be evacuating New Zealanders out of Wuhan - the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus - on a government chartered flight.

The government has been in talks with both Australia and… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.New Zealanders stuck in the wider Hubei province are appealing for more information on how they get to the city of Wuhan - the departure point for the planned evacuation.

More than 160 people have… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The government is busy buying up land near Northport ahead of a cabinet decision on whether to move the bulk of Auckland's freight there.

On top of Wednesday's infrastructure announcements, the… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.The pressure of the housing crisis is taking its toll on Masterton, where demand for an affordable place to live has gone through the roof.

There are no state houses in Wairarapa - and the only… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:40 PM.New research from NZ doctors could save people all over the world from painful and unnecessary treatment for collapsed lungs.

The standard treatment for the condition has been to insert a plastic… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Emergency services want to expand their ability to locate at-risk people such as missing trampers or kidnap victims by tracking their cellphones.

Currently people can only be searched for using GPS… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Two-time Olympic medallist Nick Willis says the decision to postpone the world indoor athletic champs in China because of the coronavirus is the right one, but will hamper the build up to the Tokyo… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.It's back to school time and many families are breathing a sigh of relief that this year they won't be asked to cover expensive school donation costs.

The 'no-donations' policy was brought in by… Read more Audio