Checkpoint for Thursday 6 October 2022

6:08 PM.News outlets fear the mega public media merger could have disastrous consequences for the wider industry.

MPs heard submissions today on the bill that would fold RNZ and TVNZ into one entity.

Rival… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.She's conquered New Zealand boxing - and now Mea Motu is ready to take on the world. She is unbeaten since turning professional two years ago - but the path to the top for this 32-year-old… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The boss of World Rugby is in the country ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup kicking off this weekend.

Alan Gilpin told our reporter Samantha Olley issues around brain injuries are taken seriously.

5:43 PM.New Zealand Rugby (NZR) says the science around brain disease in players is "complex and evolving".

A study by researchers from Glasgow University and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital found elite… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.Several thousand university staff walked off the job today at the country's eight universities, demanding an 8 percent pay rise.

Our education correspondent John Gerritsen and cameraman Samuel… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.The ticket requests have been rolling in from near and far for the Black Ferns as excitement ramps up for their Rugby World Cup opener at Eden Park on Saturday.

With the team for the match against… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Public transport bosses are appealing to the government to make it easier for overseas bus drivers to work in New Zealand, in the face of chronic shortages.

Hundreds of trips a day are being… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The slump in the housing market doesn't look like easing anytime soon with just five of 17 properties selling under the hammer at one auction house today.

While interest rates are on the up, house… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.A leading Māori authority is calling for the deconstruction and transformation of Oranga Tamariki in the wake of its failings in the case of murdered five-year-old boy Malachi Subecz. Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.A spring Antarctic blast has broken all sorts of records and left much of the country feeling unseasonably chilly.

It was -3C at Wanaka Airport - the coldest October day since 1992. Beaches in… Read more Video, Audio