Checkpoint for Thursday 28 May 2020

5:07 PM.A New Zealand website is claiming that Covid-19 can be cured by drinking bleach.

The site claims that chlorine dioxide has been "tested effective against coronavirus", and recommends that people with… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM."I've been looking for you" - those were the first words of New Zealand Defence Force medic Jase Denharder as he reached trampers Dion Reynolds and Jessica O'Connor.

Amid emotional scenes the pair… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Another death of an unarmed black man in police custody has sparked anger across the US.

George Floyd begged for his life as a white officer pressed his knee against the African-American man's neck… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.A new survey has revealed Air New Zealand's coffers are cashed up with millions of dollars of customer money that it is not refunding, despite the flights never taking off.

The survey, by Consumer… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.While our borders remain basically closed to every one but New Zealand citizens and permanent residents to prevent Covid-19 cases being imported,

Hundreds of foreigners have actually been allowed… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:39 PM.Another death has been added to the Covid-19 toll for New Zealand, despite the fact the woman, who was in her 90s, did not actually have the virus when she died.

There are now just eight active cases… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Most New Zealanders are unemployed, they just don't know it yet - that from National's new leader, as he headed home to the Bay of Plenty promising his party had much bigger plans than the government… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The government is pushing ahead with its landmark freshwater reforms that will introduce tough new rules to clean up the country's waterways.

However, some concessions have been made since the draft… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.The country's struggling creative industry has received an almost $100 million boost from the government.

Leaders in the arts sector say the funding will save jobs threatened by Covid-19 and create… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Tenants in the commercial property market continue to wait for Covid-19 relief while government coalition partners Labour and New Zealand First duke out a deal.

New Zealand First leader Winston… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic to help fix Wellington's broken sewer system are being hailed as heroes.

The specialists were needed after the pipes… Read more Video, Audio

6:22 PM.Live sport returns to TV screens throughout New Zealand and Australia tonight when rugby league's NRL resumes across the ditch.

Absent for two months due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the competition is… Read more Audio