Checkpoint for Thursday 20 April 2023

6:12 PM.National is hoping voters will quickly forget about its latest candidate, Stephen Jack, who resigned after being preselected.

Mr Jack was chosen to run in the seat of Taieri, near Dunedin, but his… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Two days after a massive blaze brought Auckland's Newmarket to a standstill and caused millions of dollars worth of damage - residents and businesses are still in the dark.

CCTV footage shows a group… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.A small Australian town became a stargazing Mecca today, as thousands flocked there to experience a total solar eclipse.

Exmouth, a remote resort town in north Western Australia played host to 10,000… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The father of a teenager who died in a suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital's mental health ward is disappointed to learn staff had been sending warnings to hospital management about the… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.A decision on the future of greyhound racing has been pushed back until after the election. A move animal rights advocates say is a betrayal.

The government put greyhound racing on notice at the end… Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.There were failings, but overall police served the public well in the face of "extreme provocation" at the Parliament protest last year.

However in releasing its findings, the Independent Police… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has come out swinging against the PGA Tour as he prepares to tee off in his fourth LIV Golf event in Adelaide tomorrow.

Lee switched to the Saudi-backed league in… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Despite inflation falling to 6.7 percent, one of the main drivers continues to be the cost of food.

That's an expense hitting every one of us - including those running restaurants.

One pizzeria… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The rising cost of living appears to have peaked, with one economist picking it will be closer to three percent by the end of the year.

The latest figures show annual inflation falling to 6.7 percent… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.National's latest ex-candidate has lashed out at the media after resigning, claiming "woke stupidity" and "character assassination" had destroyed his political ambitions.

Stephen Jack was running in… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.'The world war on inflation is turning'. From historical highs, the inflation figure dipped today to 6.7 percent - but is still at levels not seen since the 1990s.

Global fuel prices have come down -… Read more Audio