Checkpoint for Friday 6 December 2024

5:43 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about the latest after South Korea's shocking - but short lived - declaration of martial law that put pressure on the nation's president to step… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:31 PM.It's day one of the second test between the Black Caps and England at the Basin Reserve. New Zealand won the toss and sent the English in to bat in the capital, with the Kiwis needing a win to keep… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Although the result is welcome news, MPI said 'it's very early days' due to the viruses long incubation period and they're still not confident the virus hasn't spread to other farms. Meanwhile, a deal… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Firefighters expect to take a week to tackle the massive fire which has torn through almost a thousand hectares of scrub in Canterbury's high country. The fire has destroyed a wilderness hut near the… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Two young people taking part in the government's trial boot camp programme are on the run, one of them taking off while at the tangi of another participant who died in a car crash. Despite this… Read more Audio

4:52 PM.A Rotorua retirement community has been spreading some early Christmas cheer by doing up old and broken bicycles so they look good as new, then giving them to delighted school children. Arvida… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Around 650 households in the Canterbury town of Waimate are still under a "do not drink' notice - after nitrate levels exceeded the acceptable levels of 50 milligrams per litre of water. Unsafe levels… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Two of the nine teenagers taking part in the coalition's boot camp programme are missing. The group of ten - now in the community phase of the programme - dropped to nine last week, after one… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.Principals say some school-leavers will have to rethink their plans after failing critical NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. Thousands of students failed the numeracy, reading, and writing tests and… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.RNZ sports reporter Jamie Wall spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about his favourite rugby moment this year and a big day for football tomorrow for Tamaki Makaurau. Audio

4:25 PM.It's been propelled to new heights by the election of Donald Trump who has said he wants to make the US the 'crypto capital' of the world. But how do New Zealanders get a slice of the action? More… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Canada correspondent Ashleigh Stewart spoke to Susana Lei'ataua about how number of major media outlets are taking ChatGPT's creator to court for alleged copyright breaches. She also spoke about a man… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Whangarei Pak'n Save has introduced time limits and a customer-only policy for its busy car park. Watch out, those who don't comply face hefty fines. While the move has some hot under the collar… Read more Audio