Checkpoint for Thursday 25 May 2023

5:06 PM.The two men convicted of rape, drugging and sexual assault at a Christchurch bar are brothers, and one them ran the bar where they hunted for their victims.

Danny Jaz was the manager of Mama Hooch… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Mark Lundy maintains he did not kill his wife Christine and 9-year-old daughter Amber in Palmerston North in 2000.

But these denials did not go down well with the Parole Board today, as the… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Leaders in the early childhood sector are now criticising the government's flagship budget policy of extending 20 free hours of ECE to two-year-olds.

The group that represents most ECE providers say… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.An experienced All White has made a substantial financial donation to help "close the gap'' between the resourcing of men's and women's football.

Marco Rojas donated $20,000 to his former A-League… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Auckland Action Against Poverty says a government campaign urging struggling households to find money in weird places is "disrespectful" and smacks of privilege.

The joint campaign with consummer and… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.The freight and logistics industry is facing a work force crisis with a new report estimating it could be 18,000 workers short over the next five years.

The report for the Manufacturing Engineering… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.The coroners court has heard 11-year-old Mike Beckenridge's name was written on items of clothing that washed up in Southland following the disappearance of the boy and his step-father eight years… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.The country's largest period charity says demand is at an all time high, as sanitary products become a 'nice to have' for struggling families.

Two years ago the government funded period products in… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.National and ACT could govern alone according to the latest 1News Kantar public poll. 

National has taken the lead again and is on 37 percent in the poll - ahead of Labour on 35.

Act is on 11… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.A call tonight for the government to pay accomodation costs for people displaced from flood damaged homes as their insurance payments run dry and they remain in limbo.

The advovcacy group West… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.The New Zealand music industry is taking flight. After years of pandemic cancellations, closed borders and venues closing, local artists are having their first big tours since the pandemic began and… Read more Audio