Checkpoint for Thursday 7 December 2023

5:53 PM.Rampaging raptors are causing havoc along some popular walkways. There's been several falcon or Karearea attacks, the most recently on a track at Pareora Gorge near Timaru where a man was left… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.After years of waiting there are finally plans to move some of the crumbling old Auckland commuter trains blighting the main street of central North Island town Taumarunui. The local mayor says once… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.More than 10,000 businesses have defaulted on $177 million worth of loans given out as part of the previous government's Covid support package. Two years on from the pandemic, IRD's now calling for… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The police commisioner has been put is on notice, with the government outlining its expectations around law and order. In a letter to Andrew Coster the new police minister Mark Mitchell says the force… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Former US Open tennis champion Emma Raducanu will have her fingers crossed for a sunny start to the new year in Auckland. The 21 year old British star has been given a wildcard to the ASB Classic, a… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The previous government's plans for a second Waitemata Harbour Crossing have been roundly rejected by Auckland council. The draft business case was for the construction of two underwater road tunnels… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM."No person with any ounce of moral courage can see this as anything but horrific." Labour's Damien O'Connor has made an impassioned speech in the house saying Israel's actions in Gaza constitute… Read more Audio