Checkpoint for Wednesday 3 June 2020

5:07 PM.Air New Zealand is saying sorry, but the severity of its financial situation means it simply cannot afford to refund everyone without dipping into its $900 million government loan facility.

The… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.The South Taranaki town of Hawera is in a state of shock today after three of its police officers were charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody in June last year.

The officers -… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.The president of the police association says the death of a man in custody in Hawera is not the result of physical force by officers.

Three police officers - who have name suppression - have been… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.New Zealanders have been given a glimpse of Alert Level One - their efforts under lockdown finally bearing fruit - near normality on the horizon.

But for many, it hasn't come quick enough - the… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:39 PM.The protests have continued in the US today, despite President Trump threatening to unleash the military if demonstrations persist over the death of African American man George Floyd in police… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Just a day after George Floyd died, after having his neck knelt on by a white police officer in Minneapolis, a white man confronted a group of African-American entrepreneurs while using their private… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.The government is tackling period poverty by rolling out access to free period products in schools.

During term three, the Ministry of Education programme will start in 15 schools in Waikato, before… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The government is putting just over $400 million towards funding innovation and research in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.

The package is primarily made up of investments announced in the budget… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.A former police crisis negotiator says there are strict rules for checking on and caring for prisoners in police custody and records have to be signed off by a senior officer.

Three police officers… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.The Ministry of Health is ramping up testing at the border as the number of Covid-19 cases remains at zero.

For the twelfth consecutive day there were no new cases of Covid and there's still only one… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Talk about moving to Covid-19 alert level 1 has got the phones ringing again at events companies for the first time in months.

The events industry ground to a halt when Covid-19 struck due to strict… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.The killing by police of unarmed black man George Floyd in the US has activism around the world, including an outpouring of support from the Pasifika community in New Zealand.

Advocates say Pacific… Read more Audio