Checkpoint for Friday 11 June 2021

5:07 PM.More than 40 years after her mother's march to Parliament, the daughter of Dame Whina Cooper is leading calls to abandon the reclassification of huge amounts of land in Te Tai Tokerau.

About 1500… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.A movie is being planned about the March 15 terror attacks, but it's caught many in the Muslim community by surprise.

The film - which has a working title of They Are Us - will star Australian… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.The Ministry of Health says stocks of the covid-19 vaccine are tight - but there isn't a shortage.

That's despite some saying they cannot get appointments.

The vaccination programme is ahead of… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Businesses around Auckland's famed Karangahape Road are facing yet more financial woe, as City Rail Link construction drags on.

Today, the Transport Minister and Auckland city officials lauded the… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.A year on from opening - some retailers at Auckland's Commercial Bay shopping centre say they're struggling to stay afloat.

The $1 billion development with more than 120 shops opened just as Covid-19… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.Wellington commuters may have to pay for the privilege of driving to work in future with the city council's plans to accelerate congestion charges, as soon as it gets the green light from the… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Warning: Parts of this report may distress some listeners.

The mother of a man shot in the head three times has told his killer her world's fallen apart since her son's death.

Jay Lingman has been… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.New Zealand will take its biggest ever rowing squad to the upcoming Olympics with a 32 rowers selected for Tokyo.

All up there will be nine crews, including 10 world champion female rowers.

Our… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.A sweet trove of documents has been unearthed during the demolition of the old Cadbury office block that will be the site of the new Dunedin Hospital.

The old books are full of details about Hudson… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.A Christchurch woman says she feels left in the dark after trying to arrange a vaccine for her immunocompromised husband.

The vaccine rollout for people who are at risk of getting very sick from… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.A Mongrel Mob Waikato leader claims three members charged with serious drug offences are outliers in the chapter.

The trio were arrested on Monday, along with 35 others, following 37 police raids as… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.Wellington Zoo's closed its kiwi house indefinitely while it investigates what's killed three of the precious birds in its care in the past few months.

Tahi, a one legged kiwi, that had been with the… Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.The motivation is three-fold for New Zealand mixed martial arts world champion Israel Adesanya heading into his latest title defence this weekend.

Adesanya defends his middleweight belt against… Read more Audio