Checkpoint for Friday 30 October 2020

5:07 PM.The results are nearly all in for the two referendums on voluntary euthanasia and cannabis.

Provisional results have been released and it's a big tick for the End of Life Choice Act - giving people… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Preliminary referendum results show have voted in 65.2 percent in support of the End of Life Choice Bill and 33.8 percent have voted against.

While in the cannabis referendum 53.1 voted against it… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.Khylee Quince is an Associate Professor of Law and deputy chair of the NZ Drug Foundation.

She was also on the Chief Science Adviser's expert advisory panel on cannabis.

She joins Lisa Owen with her… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.More than 10,000 companies have been audited to check they've met the rules of the wage subsidy programme.

More than $14 billion has been paid in wage subsidies - with some of the larger recipients… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.At least 15 people - including school students - have been injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Northland, during the morning commute.

Passersby stopped to help the injured - many of them students… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Warning: The details in this report may distress some listeners.

A man who threw his stepson against a sofa - causing injuries that later killed him - has been jailed for nearly six years. Phillip… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The blame game over the staging of the America's Cup in Auckland early next year has stepped up another notch.

The debate is over a decision to scrap the two courses which offer views of the racing… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.New Zealand's first electric plane will be taking to the skies following its launch in Christchurch today.

The battery electric two-seat light sport aircraft is being marketed to people wanting to… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Dominance will continue or history will be made in rugby's Farah Palmer Cup final tomorrow.

Canterbury and Waikato meet in Christchurch to decide the winner of this year's national provincial women's… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.The government has announced all change-over crew for ships who fly into New Zealand will now be tested for Covid-19 - but there's no timeline for implementing it.

At the moment crew can fly in and… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Preliminary results of the two referenda show 65-percent support for voluntary euthanasia under the End of Life Choice act while a majority of 53 percent do not support recreational cannabis.

RNZ… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.New Zealanders have lost $23 million to scams in the last 18 months, with the majority of victims staying silent about being duped.

On top of that, 70 percent of small business are also being conned… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.Lake Ōhau residents believe they've been unnecessarily delayed from moving back into the village due to demolition problems.

Roughly half the properties in the village were destroyed or damaged when… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.News Porirua is now the most expensive region in the country to rent comes as no surprise to locals struggling to find somewhere to live.

Median rents in the region hit a record 625-dollars per week… Read more Audio

6:32 PM.An England Roses netball superfan reckons she'll be the lone voice cheering them on as they play the Silver Ferns tonight.

Ally White is at Claudelands Arena in Hamilton waiting for centre pass at… Read more Audio