Checkpoint for Thursday 25 November 2021

5:07 PM.National's leadership revolving door has spat out yet another customer. Judith Collins has been ousted as National's leader, following a shambolic day for the party.

The vote of no confidence came… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.RNZ political editor Jane Patterson is at the Parliament studio.

She discusses why the National Party is taking time to choose a new leader, after the vote of no confidence in Judith Collins. Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.A icon of New Zealand's backpackers market is closing its doors due to the financial hardship caused by the pandemic.

YHA will permanently shut its 11 hostels from December 15. Timothy Brown has… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Auckland hairdressers and barbers have finally been able to pick up their scissors again and tackle the wild lockdown locks.

They're among the first businesses in the country to trial the new… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Groups of rangatahi are going door-to-door in towns and suburbs with high Māori populations in Taranaki to try to boost flagging vaccination rates.

About 77 percent of Taranaki Māori have had a first… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6283668330001 Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Former National MP and Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman knows what it's like to take a tilt for at the leadership.

He threw his hat in the ring in 2016 after John Key announced he was resigning. Back… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.Northland DHB's boss has quashed rumours started by anti-vaxxers falsely claiming he's critically unwell after a Covid booster shot. Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.An irreplaceable collection of bonsai trees have been stolen from an Auckland property.

Police say 45 trees were taken from a garden in Mount Albert last Sunday and into Monday.

Auckland West Police… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.To the US, where three white men have been found guilty of murdering black man Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging last year.

The men claimed they acted in self-defence during a citizen's arrest - but… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.There's a mixed mood among New Zealand's elite sports community as athletes and officials digest the major border changes announced by the government.

While news of MIQ-free returns from mid-February… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.Judith Collins says she's pleased to be "just the MP for Papakura again" and has vowed to stay on, and stand again in 2023.

But will the voters want her after a torrid 24 hours and an ugly leadership… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.DIY Covid tests are coming to a shelf near you. Anyone will be able to buy a rapid antigen test from a pharmacy from mid December - and businesses will have access to them from next week.

The tests… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.It is just over a week until the traffic lights come on and Aotearoa moves into a new way of managing Covid in the community.

In a few days the government is set to lay out which area moves into what… Read more Video, Audio