Checkpoint for Thursday 10 June 2021

5:05 PM.An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.

The woman's case is one of thousands that… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property. Age Concern's Auckland chief executive… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.A health expert is warning against the Fiji government's plan to isolate Covid-19 patients at home amid the escalating cases in the country.

The Health Ministry announced the move amid a daily record… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.There is a testing blitz going on in Queensland, after a couple who travelled there from Victoria were found to have Covid-19.

The pair drove from Victoria, through New South Wales and across the… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.Olympic rowing great Mahe Drysdale has bid an emotional farewell to his rowing family, officially announcing his retirement on Thursday morning.

Drysdale, 42, has dominated the single scull for more… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:48 PM.A racist tirade left on the answerphone of one of the country's most pre-eminent Pacific academics has caused widespread shock - but little surprise.

Others working in the space say that while this… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.The Far North District Council has agreed to halt progress on establishing a Significant Natural Area - but it won't stop a hikoi of more than a thousand people converging on the council office… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.National MP Nick Smith has apologised to the LGBTQI+ community in his valedictory speech at Parliament this evening.

He's bowing out after 31 years as an MP. In his speech, Nick Smith said he was… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.A herd of wandering wild elephants has captured the attention of the world - clocking up millions of views online.

They've travelled 500 kilometres through South China over the last year - and are… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.It's one of the cornerstones of the Climate Change Commission's advice to the government on how to become carbon neutral, but how feasible is it?

The Commission wants to see a rapid increase in… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.New border exemptions are being welcomed, but the business and hospitality industries say the government's underestimating the size of the problem.

The green light's been given for about 10,000… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.The Black Sticks hockey teams are hoping the element of surprise will be on their side at the Tokyo Olympics.

Both the women's and men's squads for the Games were announced today, adding another 32… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.A judge has found it manifestly unjust to give an Auckland mother life imprisonment after she was found guilty of murdering her 21-year-old boyfriend Brendon Hamilton.

Katie Todd was in court. Read more Audio