Checkpoint for Thursday 9 June 2022

6:18 PM.For the first time since records began, New Zealand has recorded zero AIDS-related deaths in May.

Infection rates are the lowest they've been in two decades, with 67 diagnoses last year. As the… Read more Audio

6:15 PM.Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.

Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.

Tommy Murray who died… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Amateur Aussie dinosaur hunters have made the discovery of a life time. The couple not only spotted a prehistoric foot print in some rock but after sending photos of their find to experts - it looks… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The tournament which has divided the golfing world tees off near London tonight. The Saudi backed L-I-V series will initially be made up of eight events, the first at the Centurion Club on the… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.

Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.Health services are under increasing pressure with surgeries being postponed and patients being transferred to ease the load on hospitals.

Middlemore Hospital is under increasing pressure as it copes… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.Truancy targets have arrived - and the government says it wants school attendance up at 70 percent by 2024. Associate Education minister Jan Tinetti says the government also wants to cut the number of… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.

Two men are on trial in Auckland… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Contractors are back on the job removing the rot from Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, after a mechanical fault ground work to a halt earlier this week.

For the first time… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.

One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast -… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Tommy Murray's body was controversially taken from his Wellington home and taken to Northland for burial, against his wife's wishes.

Today his extended family has spoken out saying they were doing… Read more Audio