Checkpoint for Friday 14 February 2020

5:06 PM.Warning: Contains audio content that listeners may find distressing.

A woman on trial for murdering her abusive partner has told a jury she was protecting her son when she stabbed him.

Karen Anne… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.A man has been arrested in relation to a suspected double murder near Tauranga on Tuesday.

The 25-year old was arrested by armed police in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton.

Police say he is… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.An incredible thinker, a Labour Party stalwart, international diplomat, and a man who cared deeply about the lives of New Zealanders.

They were just some of the tributes for former Prime Minister… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.A disability advocate fighting to stop the planned closure of Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation and respite services says she's ready to take the case to court.

Laura Fergusson Rehabilitation offers… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.It's a day of both celebration and disappointment for supporters of filmmaker Renae Maihi, after Sir Robert Jones dropped his defamation case against her.

The millionaire property investor was suing… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:40 PM.The extreme dry spell affecting many parts of the country continues to bite with water restrictions, fire bans and farms becoming brown and barren dust-bowls.

Soil moisture deficits are worsening… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Auckland Council is planning to use Fonterra's milk tankers to try and get water to thousands of households whose tanks are running dangerously low.

Auckland is on track to reach 40 consecutive days… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The New Zealand government is considering whether to extend border restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus.

Currently any foreigners who have travelled through mainland China are… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.Calls tonight for the government to introduce a strict monitoring regime for all under five years old in NZ in the wake of a four-year-old Flaxmere boy being brutally beaten two weeks ago.

The… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.The son of a man killed at the Affco meat plant in Wairoa last week and the district's mayor are calling on the company to be upfront with workers about when the plant will fully reopen and whether… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.The Abortion Legislation Committee has delivered its much anticipated report on the Abortion Legislation Bill.

Among the recommendations the committee wants safeguards to address sex selection… Read more Audio