Checkpoint for Thursday 10 September 2020

6:26 PM.The All Whites will play England for the first time in almost 30 years, when they take on the world's fourth ranked football side at Wembley in London in November.

The match will have to be played… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.Fruit and vegetable growers say visa extensions for temporary workers provide little to help the looming shortage of workers needed to pick crops come harvest time.

The government is allowing… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.Young people stuck in New Zealand due to travel restrictions are now able to enrol in school as temporary domestic students until the end of the year.

It's likely to affect about 1,300 students, some… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Intimidated, unsafe, and scared to be Māori. That's how Māori academics at Waikato University say they're feeling, and they believe the institution has a serious racism issue.

An open letter… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.A dying Australian man is being denied the chance to farewell his four young children as Queensland authorities enact a hardline approach to covid border security.

Mark Keans has terminal cancer and… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.Last year tourism was New Zealand's number one export, but Covid-19 has brought it to its knees, after our borders essentially slammed shut back in March.

The sector directly employs about 230,000… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Police are investigating possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison involving guards and gang members, which might have been going on for years.

An investigation has been running since July and involves… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.The family of a terminally-ill Brisbane man is fighting for permission to bring his four children over the state border to see him one last time, after initially being told only one of his kids would… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.The Greens are playing hard-ball on tax, floating the prospect of sitting on the cross-benches if Labour doesn't take a more extreme position.

Labour has promised no tax changes other than a new… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.

That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Read more Video, Audio