Checkpoint for Friday 31 July 2020

5:07 PM.A damning report into Operation Burnham has found that a child was likely killed during the 2010 raid of an Afghan village, and that the Defence Force misled the public and Ministers.

The… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The inquiry also criticised the Defence Minister at the time, Dr Wayne Mapp - saying he failed to correct the public record, even after he was told civilian casualties were possible.

It said that was… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.In Dunedin disgraced financial adviser Barry Kloogh was today jailed for at least five years for running a Ponzi scheme which cost investors more than $15 million.

Victims told the court, in… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.Authorities in Victoria will assess data over the weekend to determine whether the state goes into a full New Zealand-style lockdown as the number of infections, especially in rest homes, continues to… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:42 PM.The gruesome prospect of mass slaughters of pigs on farms because of over-supply prompted the government to buy 12,000 carcasses during lockdown - and donate them to food banks.

Hundreds more papers… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Last night's One News Colmar Brunton Poll saw the ACT party sitting pretty on five percent. It's the highest poll result in more than a decade.

And with news leader David Seymour could bring five new… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Each winter, a small team of specialist avalanche forecasters begin their vigil to keep people safe while travelling on the Milford Road.

The alpine highway to Milford Sound is home to the country's… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.There are grave concerns for Melbourne's aged care sector as Covid-19 cases continue to spread through rest homes in Victoria.

Another 627 coronavirus cases were recorded today, as many Victorians… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Students at Māngere College took one for the team of five million, getting a jab in the arm for another deadly disease the country's had a brush with - measles.

Many of them are part of a missing… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.The good, the bad and the ugly of Oranga Tamariki social work practice was aired by claimaints in the Waitangi tribunal today.

It's the second and final day of the urgent hearing into why there is a… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.Professional wrestling had its hey day in New Zealand in the seventies when On the Mat was a must see on TV for many.

Steve Rickard, John Da Silva and Robert Bruce became household names along side… Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Netball is by far the sport of choice for New Zealand girls and teenagers - and it seems more dads are getting onboard. Some are putting their hands up to coach their daughter's netball teams and… Read more Video, Audio