Checkpoint for Friday 27 October 2023

6:06 PM.A sexual abuse support service wants compulsory consent education for first year university students as data reveals the extent of complaints at universities. There were more than 300 sexual violence… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.For the first time the brakes are going on vehicles at a popular west Auckland beach this guy fawkes Auckland council's extended a ban on motorbikes and cars driving along Muriwai to cover the days… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The police dispatcher on the day of the Christchurch terror attack says she would've sent armed units to Linwood Islamic Centre if she had been aware of the threat contained within the gunman's… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.The chances of hiking the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk this summer are not great with the track likely to stay closed until at least mid January next year. It's been shut for more than a year with… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Are you a coffee snob, only a barrista brew will do? Well this next story could stir things up, and maybe save you a few bucks too. Consumer NZ has done blind taste tests of nine supermarket bought… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Let's go to Paris now where we're joined by our rugby reporter Joe Porter. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6339952124112 Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.It's been five days since police say a baby was killed in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita but officers are yet to charge anyone. The death of Ruthless-Empire Ahipene Wall, who would have turned two on… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The All Blacks are carrying a weight of expectation from their fans and are on the brink of making history at the Rugby World Cup. On Sunday morning, they could become the first country to win four… Read more Video, Audio

5:06 PM.A gunman in the United States remains at large more than 24 hours after the country's deadliest mass shooting this year. 18 people were gunned down at a bar and a bowling alley in the town of… Read more Video, Audio