Checkpoint for Friday 15 May 2020

5:07 PM.Dog bites, abusive customers, and bullying bosses - couriers say they're at breaking point.

Courier companies have been docking the government's wage subsidy from payments made to drivers contracting… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The day after the government debuted its Big Spend Budget - with a $50 billion war-chest at its centre - the focus is now shifting to how New Zealand will pay for it.

Debt is set to skyrocket over… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Will former air stewards, bar tenders and tour guides be lining up to shoot wallabies and fell wilding pines in the wake of Covid-19?

In the Budget the government announced it will spend $1.1 billion… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.It is Friday, the day after Budget 2020 was announced - a major spend to fight the economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak. And it is the first weekend at level 2, after weeks of lockdown under level… Read more Video, Audio

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

5:40 PM.The country's three major mobile companies are asking the public to report any suspicious activity after a spate of suspected arson attacks on cellphone towers.

The Telecommunications Forum… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.During the lockdown the homeless were put into motels and other housing but this was only temporary, now under alert level two they could be able to stay off the streets for good.

Government funding… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.After weeks in full lockdown the move to level two was supposed get people moving freely around the country, catching up with friends and whānau and maybe spending a little money.

But with Air New… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.As New Zealand eased back into level 2 this week and we plan our first weekend in seven weeks out of lockdown, Australians are preparing to move into what they're calling Stage One. But whilst… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.New Zealand has recorded one new confirmed case of Covid-19, after three days in a row of no cases.

The new case is linked to the Marist College cluster in Auckland and was identified through… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.The Dunedin City Council has voted through a controversial suite of measures designed to entice people back to the central city after the Covid-19 lockdown. The speed limit of the city's main street… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, has reached out to Christchurch's Muslim community again - this time speaking to them via video chat on Thursday night.

Prince William visited Christchurch as… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.Humphrey Hanley has not let a lack of fingers hold him back from becoming a semi-professional gamer with a world-wide following.

The Wellington man suffers from the extremely rare and debilitating… Read more Audio

6:27 PM.The harsh reality of the ongoing drought in Hawke's Bay has been captured on camera by a young budding photographer.

Twelve-year-old Selby Jowsey lives on his family farm in Kereru -- 45 kilometres… Read more Audio, Gallery