Checkpoint for Friday 25 May 2018

6:27 PM.One of the stand outs from the Pacific Music Awards last night was its youngest ever winner. Lotima Nicholas Pome'e, 12, aka General Fiyah, won best music video, best song and the people's choice… Read more Video, Audio

6:24 PM.Officers started using the app today, which lets them record video interviews on the spot and log details of what happened and why. Video, Audio

6:19 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fronted up in Taranaki today for the first time since the government announced it won't issue any new offshore oil and gas exploration permits. Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Vet Mark Bryan has witnessed Mycoplasma bovis first-hand. Conan Young talked to him about eradication versus management and began by asking what he thought about the way MPI had handled the situation.

5:54 PM.Five-year-old Ella Yearbury has crawled most of her life, but now she's in the United States learning to walk after her family raised more than $200,000 for life-changing surgery. Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The New Zealand government is considering a Super Rugby team based in the Islands from 2020. Joe Porter went to find out what a team would mean to the Pasifika communities and if it would solve… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.Kingi Taurua, who died aged 80, became the face of Waitangi Day protests at Te Tii Marae and was never afraid to call out the sitting government or sometimes even his own people. Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The Chief District Court judge has had to move judges from the criminal juridiction to help clear a backlog in the Family Court. Video, Audio

5:37 PM.It's too expensive for women's shoe label Minnie Cooper to make shoes in New Zealand, it's had to close. Workers have been made redundant, everything's for sale, and owner Sandy Cooper believes fast… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:20 PM.Transport Minister Phil Twyford has been reprimanded after making a phone call on a plane after the aircraft doors had closed. Benedict Collins looks at whether what he did was a serious offence or an… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Wilma Van Leuuwen, who owns the farm where the first confirmed outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis was found, says MPI has been slow, uncoordinated and under-prepared in its response to the disease. Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Waikato farmer Henk Smit told 600 farmers in Cambridge today that a herd he co-owns is the first in the region to have Mycoplasma bovis. Audio

5:00 PM.Watch Friday's full show here. Video