Checkpoint for Monday 9 September 2019

5:10 PM.The Prime Minister says she's deeply concerned and incredibly frustrated by the way the Labour Party has handled allegations against a staffer.

Jacinda Ardern says differing accounts of the… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.The man set to take the helm of New Zealand Rugby says there's no quick easy fix to improving support for Pacific Island rugby.

Former All Blacks and Crusaders midfielder Mark Robinson has been… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.The All Blacks' journey to a potential third straight Rugby World Cup title has officially begun.

After a 92-7 thrashing of Tonga in Hamilton at the weekend, the New Zealand squad departed on Monday… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.A Christchurch couple who's part of a class action against the quake insurer Southern Response want the government to step in immediately and pay out claimants who they say were tricked into taking… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Kua tīmata Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. Maori Language Week has begun, and to kick it off a roaring parade made its way down central Wellington, drawing hundreds of spectators.

About 20,000 people have… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.An investigation by the intelligence watchdog into whether New Zealand's spy agencies were complicit in torture in Afghanistan has been released - four years after it was first launched.

Back in 2015… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.A Hutt City Council candidate says her billboards have been defaced with racist slogans and swastikas - and she was accosted while fixing them.

Shazly Rasheed says her election signs have been… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.A former police officer says bullying in the police is having a negative effect on the public as well as the organisation itself.

RNZ has talked to more than 25 people who have been victims of… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.NZ Rugby has appointed the first former international player to run the game in New Zealand.

Former All Blacks and Crusaders midfielder Mark Robinson will take over as CEO in January when Steve Tew… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.Despite calls from students and a union, Immigration New Zealand says it's not likely it will waive visa application fees or relax other rules. Dozens of foreign students were left high and dry when… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Locals in the South Auckland suburb of Māngere are fed up the council has not fixed their public toilets since they were damaged in January.

The men's toilets in the Māngere Town Centre have been… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.There are calls for directors to be more accountable when their companies go under - as yet more major construction firms fall over.

Late last week most of the 120 staff in Waikato and Auckland were… Read more Audio