Checkpoint for Monday 7 September 2020

5:07 PM.A Christchurch couple locked in an ongoing legal battle with state-owned quake insurer Southern Response says it is sobering for a Court of Appeal decision to go their way, one decade on from the… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Labour is promising to make Matariki a public holiday if re-elected.

Jacinda Ardern was back on the campaign trail today, announcing the election pledge to an audience of tourism operators in… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.The National Party is resurrecting its 'War on P' but with a surprising new arsenal - care and compassion.

Judith Collins unveiled the party's plan to tackle the harms of methamphetamine on her first… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.An elderly woman who was assaulted and robbed in her Levin home described one of the accused attackers as having "pure evil in her eyes".

Ninety-year-old Grace Virtue died of a brain injury weeks… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff is optimistic a pilot plan to bring 1200 international students back into the country can start early next year, but says safety must be paramount for it to work.

Goff wants… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.He was the clear favourite to win the Men's competition at the US Open, but after carelessly hitting a ball towards a lineswoman - striking her in the neck - Novak Djokovic was sensationally… Read more Audio

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

5:41 PM.Overwhelming rates bills and crippling debt - that's what a report has found Hawke's Bay will face if it does not take action to fix its drinking, waste and storm water.

A review has been released… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The Crown has opened its prosecution of the Comancheros gang boss on drug and money laundering charges.

Its nearly a year and a half since a huge police operation raided ten properties across… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Warning: Story discusses suicide and euthanasia.

A woman dying of cancer is urging New Zealanders to 'pull the plug' on the proposed euthanasia law, saying people could be coerced into an early… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The government could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in quake insurance payments following a potentially precedent setting Court of Appeal decision out today.

The court upheld an… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister says the government is doing all it can to support the two New Zealand families with loved ones on board the missing Gulf Livestock 1.

The search and rescue mission for… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed the government has been trying to facilitate an All Black test match to take place in New Zealand.

But the chances remain up in the air as rugby authorities… Read more Audio