Checkpoint for Thursday 5 August 2021

5:06 PM.Wahine toa Lisa Carrington is New Zealand's most decorated Olympic athlete.

The paddler pushed through the pain barrier to win her third gold of these Games, bringing her career medal total to six -… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Tom Walsh bagged his second bronze medal in consecutive Olympic Games in the panga mataa - the shot put.

Walsh trailed two Americans but managed to get himself onto the podium with a monster 22.47… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.It's emerged Google co-founder Larry Page was able to enter New Zealand despite the Covid-19 border restrictions.

But the government says he met the relevant requirements to enter the country.

The… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.A bid to lower the voting age to sixteen has seen teenagers spend the day trying to convince the Court of Appeal leaving them out is unjustified discrimination.

The group, Make It 16, took the case… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.New South Wales has seen its worst day yet, with 262 new Covid-19 cases, and five more deaths.

Not only that, but the outbreak has spread beyond Sydney.

Covid-19 has turned up in wastewater around… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6266614652001 Video, Audio

5:36 PM.Tom Walsh - the builder from Timaru - is now the proud owner of two Olympic bronze medals.

Walsh heaved a 22.47 throw to put himself on the podium, alongside Americans Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs.

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5:44 PM.Our South Island reporter Tim Brown and cameraman Nate McKinnon shot around Tom's old haunts this afternoon.

They caught up with his former PE teacher and coach Gavin Miller at Timaru Boys.

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5:47 PM.The Police Commissioner says he will not be routinely arming his officers - despite a new survey showing three quarters of the force want to be armed.

It's a decision that solely rests with him, but… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.New Zealand is a step closer to banning gay conversion therapy, with legislation criminalising the practice passing its first hurdle in Parliament this afternoon. 

All political parties, except… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.The Wallabies are hoping to make history when they take on the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday night.

Australia haven't triumphed at the ground in 35 years and the Auckland fortress will be home… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Lisa Carrington has become New Zealand's most successful Olympian, adding another gold medal - tohutoa - to her haul today.

She's won the K1 500m to claim her third Olympic gold medal of these Games.

6:11 PM.A nasty crash at the Olympic velodrome has left NZ track cyclist Aaron Gate with a broken collar bone, burns and without a medal in Tokyo.

The men's pursuit team were in a strong position in the race… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.There are calls for Wellington Regional Council to let students and community service card holders ride the city's buses and trains for free.

A collective of unions, churches and student groups say… Read more Video, Audio