Checkpoint for Friday 12 July 2019

6:21 PM.Christchurch's Antonio Hall, on busy Riccarton Road, is ablaze. Our reporter Logan Church joins us live from the scene. Video, Audio

6:21 PM.People from all walks of life come together on a Friday night for dinner and desert served up by former All Black Ian Jones and his wife, Janine Graham-Jones. Video, Audio

6:10 PM.What do UK cricket fans think about New Zealand's chances in the final? We spoke to people who watched last night's semi-final at a pub in London. Video, Audio

6:09 PM.Beaten by England in pool play and playing the hosts in their own backyard, the Black Caps know they are up against it. But England captain Eoin Morgan says the Black Caps semi-final performance… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Porirua's former deputy mayor Litea Ah Hoi has complained to Vodafone after she was kicked out of its store for speaking Samoan. She spoke to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Kiri Brackenridge, who murdered his mother and set fire to her Mt Roskill home, has been jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years. Audio

5:36 PM.All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett has shaken up Super Rugby by signing a four-year deal with the Blues, ending his long relationship with the Hurricanes, where he's played for the last eight… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.An online video showing a group of white men dressed as Māori and pretending to be descendants of a Waikato-Tainui sub-tribe has outraged members of the Māori community.

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5:21 PM.The first of the government's gun buy-back events will be held at Riccarton Racecourse in Christchurch this weekend. Police were keen to explain how easy and smooth the event will be, but not so keen… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The Defence Force's bomb squad blew up a dangerous and unstable chemical this morning after it was found deteriorating at a Dunedin laboratory. Audio

5:16 PM.Some Kiwis are dropping everything to travel to the UK for the Cricket World Cup final. One of them is New Zealander Ben Irwin, who lives in Doha. Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Neither New Zealand nor England have ever clinched a Cricket World Cup win, but now the two will battle it out, after England surged into their first World Cup final in 27 years. Sports Editor Stephen… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa says tactics deployed by tobacco giant Philip Morris in targeting Māori to use its new e-cigarette are motivated by money and not concern for public health. She… Read more Audio

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