Checkpoint for Thursday 13 February 2020

5:10 PM.New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has said he was involved in having a photograph taken of journalists Guyon Espiner of RNZ and Matt Shand of Stuff, and of the former New Zealand First President… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.The government has announced a $300 million package to tackle homelessness. It cannot come soon enough for an Auckland mother and her six children who are desperate for somewhere to live after their… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.RNZ's chief executive Paul Thompson and board chair Dr Jim Mather faced intense questioning by MPs this morning after a week of controversy.

RNZ announced last week Concert FM would move off FM and… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.More than 1300 people have now died after contracting Covid-19 coronavirus. But what is it actually like to have the flu-like virus? US Rebecca Frasure has coronavirus, but does not appear to be… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:40 PM.The racing industry says it has reached crisis point, but leaders are not happy with how the Government is proposing to fix things.

The country's three main racing codes; New Zealand Thoroughbred… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Tears flowed as the film maker being sued by Sir Robert Jones talked about how denigrated she felt by his column calling for a Māori Gratitude Day.

Renae Maihi has taken the witness stand on day four… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.The government wants to stop relying on motels for emergency housing - but it won't stop using them entirely.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and housing ministers Megan Woods and Kris Faafoi, have… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Deputy Prime Minister and NZ First Leader Winston Peters says he was involved in having a photograph taken of two journalists and former NZ First President Lester Gray.

The photographs were posted on… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Warning: Contains violent details that will be distressing to some listeners. The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her abusive partner has heard what her son told police the night of… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.TV chef and restauranteur Sir Des Britten has been described as a Wellington trailblazer - with a unique vibrancy and energy.

He died early on Thursday morning after a battle with cancer, aged 82… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.While much of the focus has been on Concert FM, the chief executives of the two broadcasting companies heading for a merger - RNZ and TVNZ - have been talking about what the future might look like.

A… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Samoan-born New Zealand boxer Jimmy Peau is being remembered as a gentle giant of the sport.

The Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold medalist - who recently had surgery on a brain tumour - died in… Read more Video, Audio