Checkpoint for Thursday 24 June 2021

5:07 PM.Redemption for the Black Caps on the world stage, after beating India to take the inaugural World Test Championship.

Putting the ghosts of the 2019 ODI final behind them, an eight wicket win is… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Redemption for the Black Caps on the world stage, after beating India to take the inaugural World Test Championship.

Putting the ghosts of the 2019 ODI final behind them, an eight wicket win is… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.A coroner has banned media from reporting all evidence in the inquiry into the death of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens, who was shot by police.

RNZ highlighted big holes in the official story this… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Testing sites in the Capital have been boosted as Wellingtonians rush to get tested.

The Wellington region shifted into alert level two last night after a tourist from Sydney positive when he landed… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6260770222001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Pop star Britney Spears has appeared in a Los Angeles court, describing a harrowing picture of the court-enforced guardianship order she has been under for more than a decade.

She described being… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.The Corrections Minister is defending a major decrease in the number of prisoners going through drug and alcohol rehabilitation programmes.

The number of inmates getting treatment has fallen from… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Some welcome relief on Thursday for flood-weary Ashburton farmers, with a $4 million boost to help with the recovery.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was in Ashburton to meet with the region's mayors… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.Wild rabbits have been a hugely problematic pest around New Zealand recently, and the problem has come as far as Auckland Domain.

Rabbits breed very quickly and are known for eating grassland to dust… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A former partner in a top legal firm has been found guilty of six misconduct charges over the way he treated young female interns working at Russell McVeagh.

The Lawyers & Conveyancers Disciplinary… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.So far so good - there are no community cases of Covid-19, but the Minister is warning it is still early days.

The Wellington region moved to Alert Level 2 on Wednesday after an Australian tourist… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.A South Auckland youth hub is seeing an increase in its roll call, as students seize an opportunity to catch up on their studies. 

Many were among the most affected by Covid-19's interruptions to… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Warning: This story contains distressing details of domestic violence.

A jury in Whangārei has retired to decide whether Northland woman Bridget Simmonds was murdered.

The mother-of-two was… Read more Audio