Checkpoint for Tuesday 16 March 2021

5:08 PM.Team New Zealand is eyeing up the Auld Mug, hoping to win both races in the America's Cup this evening, to successfully defend the oldest cup in sport.

Racing was delayed half an hour, adding to the… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth joins Lisa Owen from North Head on Auckland's North Shore, after Race 9 of the America's Cup. Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter joins Lisa Owen in the studio with analysis of a dramatic race between Team NZ and Luna Rossa in Race 9 of the America's Cup. Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The government has confirmed officials were close to finalising a trans-Tasman bubble last month, but Australia backed out of the deal and changed its position.

Talks between the two countries have… Read more Audio

5:22 PM."Political scratchiness" could be behind delays in a getting a trans-Tasman bubble to fly, according to a group tasked with getting it off the ground.

The Australia New Zealand leadership forum has… Read more Video, Audio

5:30 PM.Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has defended her decision not to give the Prime Minister a heads up about the deportation of a teenager from Australia.

The 15-year-old is in managed isolation and is… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6240854243001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.A research project into police bias is being described as a watershed moment and could help drive transformational change.

But some advocates are apprehensive, saying it could just become another… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is at Auckland Viaduct with the latest details on America's Cup Race 10 as spectators anticipate the start time. Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Two years after cracking an egg on the bald head of an Aussie politician who made anti-Muslim statements on the same day as the Christchurch mosque attacks, the teenager known as 'Egg Boy' is… Read more Video, Audio

5:57 PM.RNZ sports reporter Joe Porter joins Lisa Owen with analysis of Race 9 as spectators wait for the Race 10 start.

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6:08 PM.A Waikato business that was first to benefit from a controversial government fund to protect tourism assets has turned down another $2 million of help it was due.

More than 90 percent of Discover… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.Last year deaths from ovarian cancer topped the road toll, yet people with the disease say it's an ignored crisis.

Today a petition with more than 7,000 signatures, calling for national diagnostic… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.Warning: Contents of this report may distress some listeners.

The detective who discovered Auckland man Denver Chance's body in a chest freezer says his gut feeling told him what he would find.

Jay… Read more Audio