Checkpoint for Wednesday 5 May 2021

6:11 PM.Hollywood movie-like scenes with tears and cheering - that is how one searcher has described the moment a missing toddler was reunited with his distraught family.

One of the locals out looking for… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.The father of three-year old boy found after spending a night alone on a track says he feared for the worst.

Axle Hamblyn was discovered about 3km from his parents' Tolaga Bay home just before 11am.

5:51 PM.Parliament has unanimously declared 'severe human rights abuses' are occurring against the Uyghur people in China's Xinjiang province.

MPs this afternoon debated China's treatment of the Uighur… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Warning: Details in this report may be distressing to some listeners.

A steadfast determination to tell the truth saw a 14-year-old girl endure months of solitary confinement at a Social Welfare-run… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Three-year-old boy Axle is a "tough little bugger," Tolaga Bay police constable Richard Reeves says, after the toddler was found about 3.5km from home, nearly 22 hours after he went missing.

The… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The Reserve Bank has renewed warnings to borrowers taking advantage of low-interest rates.

In its latest financial stability report, the bank says people taking on huge debts are 'more vulnerable to… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6252619233001 Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Cricket officials are scrambling to get Black Caps and other New Zealanders involved in the IPL out of India.

More positive Covid-19 cases within the teams have seen the big-money Twenty-20 league… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Some public servants have been told they'll have to wait three years for a pay rise, to help rein in the government's debt.

But the main union for government workers has labeled the restrictions… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard has been delivered a ticking off by the Prime Minister for his conduct last night - but he holds onto his job.

Mallard faced off with the Opposition in a… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Three-year-old boy Axle is a "tough little bugger," Tolaga Bay police constable Richard Reeves says, after the toddler was found alive and well about 3.5km from home, nearly 22 hours after he went… Read more Video, Audio