Checkpoint for Thursday 3 August 2023

6:14 PM.Former All Blacks captain Kieran Read believes the All Blacks have a "great" chance of winning this year's World Cup, but he says they're not the favourites to take the title in France. The All Blacks… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.Auckland's mayor Wayne Brown has unveiled a vision of how he'd like the waterfront to look, under his mission to claw back land currently used by the port. The governing body met behind closed doors… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.An investigation into the fatal boat accident in Kaikōura has found a fuel leak may have contributed to the deaths of five passengers. The vessel i-Catcher - chartered for a birdwatching trip -… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.Auckland Zoo's last remaining elephant 40 year old Burma may have finally found a forever home to live out her twilight years in South Australia. Last year, Australia Zoo pulled the pin on plans to… Read more Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Three credible sightings, an altercation in the street, and police are renewing calls for sightings of missing Marokopa man Tom Phillips. The 36 year old has been missing for 18 months, with his three… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Mayor Wayne Brown's unveiled a vision to turn Auckland's working port into a sophisticated waterfront playround for the public, with stage one of the development possible in the next five years… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Polls and fiscal holes have been the talk at Parliament today, as the latest survey shows the right bloc could form a government. The Labour government is counting down until the campaign - it's… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A Marokopa man who went bush with his three young children and has been evading police for eighteen months may have been on their door step this whole time. There's been three credible sightings of… Read more Video, Audio