Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 March 2023

5:08 PM.The All Blacks have a new coach, with Scott Robertson chosen to take over at the start of next year.

The successful Crusaders coach has been signed on a four-year deal, to run through to the 2027… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.A short, sharp storm has brought widespread disruption to the South Island.

Roads have closed due to flooding or trees being downed, power was cut to thousands of homes and businesses, and on the… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.Pies, pōwhiri and primary school pupils - all in day's work for the Prime Minister as he returned to his old stamping ground - the Hutt.

With the new Police Minister at his side, Chris Hipkins went… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.A Tauranga surgeon has landed a big win against Emirates after it failed to deliver on business class promises with a tribunal finding the airline's conduct was "misleading and deceptive".

Mark… Read more Audio

5:37 PM."There is much to win by trying" to take action on climate change.

A major new international climate report is being called a "survival guide for humanity" by the UN chief. It is something of a mic… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Auckland council has until December to work out how to cut the number of kays cars travel in the city by 20 percent.

It's all part of the goverment's 2035 deadline to reduce nationwide light vehicle… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.West Auckland's liquor stores are being transformed in a bid to increase the amount of profit they return to the community.

The Trust-owned stores are set to become Liquorland or Super Liquor… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.A huge milestone in the rebuild of the Christchurch Cathedral.

Twelves years since the Canterbury earthquakes caused extensive damage to the building, community leaders and project managers have… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Extremely heavy traffic is blocking roads in Auckland, with huge delays all across the city.

Auckland Transport says some people are having to wait up to an hour for a bus.

Our reporter Louise… Read more Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Arguably one of the worst-kept sports secrets is officially out, Scott Robertson will be the next coach of the All Blacks.

NZR made the anouncement this afternoon with boss Mark Robinson saying a… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.RNZ understands a New Zealander fighting on the front line in Ukraine has been killed in action.

Sources on the ground say they have been told by Kane Te Tai's unit commander that the soldier was… Read more Video, Audio