Checkpoint for Tuesday 6 October 2020

5:06 PM.Ōhau resident Viv Smith-Campbell still has bruised knuckles from pounding on doors, urging residents and visitors to leave as flames sped toward the tiny village in the middle of the night.

She and… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.In a tightly choreographed exit, broadcast live with all the angles and drama of a blockbuster movie, US President Donald Trump left the Walter Reed Medical Centre outside of Washington where he has… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.During his hospital stay President Trump has recieved experimental treatment not yet available to others infected with Covid-19 and a cocktail of drugs that doctors believe may never have been used in… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Back home now and Judith Collins has moved to crush any talk of descent in Nationals ranks following allegations she's making up policy on the fly.

A leaked email shows one of her own MPs was less… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.If you want to know who will win this year's election, you could do worse than ask the residents of Birkdale - a suburb on Auckland's North Shore.

For at least four elections in a row, Birkenhead… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:46 PM.New Zealanders could be lounging on a Rarotongan beach this summer as the push for a travel bubble with the Cook Islands progresses.

The newly-appointed Cooks Prime Minister, Mark Brown, says formal… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.Covid has claimed a key fixture of the New Zealand summer of sport. The 2021 ASB tennis Classic, due to be played in Auckland in January, has been cancelled due to the complexities of running a… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.The people that first raised the alarm - and the firefighters that raced to their rescue - have opened up about how the Lake Ōhau fire took hold.

About 40 houses in the small community were destroyed… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Former Gloriavale members are picketing Tuesday's leaders debate in Christchurch in the hope of forcing the Prime Minister to launch an inquiry into the secretive religious sect on the South Island's… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.Former Gloriavale members are picketing the Election 2020 leaders debate in Christchurch, urging the Prime Minister to launch an inquiry into the secretive religious sect on the South Island's West… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.It's nearly a year since Auckland's convention centre became the scene of a herculean operation involving 150 firefighters.

An intense fire burned for three days, bringing the city centre shuddering… Read more Video, Audio