Checkpoint for Thursday 6 April 2023

6:11 PM.Chaos on the Cook Strait is bolstering business for one regional airline. Some people stranded on either side of the straight due to ferry cancellations are chartering flights.

Both Bluebridge and… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.For many New Zealanders, along with its religious significance, Easter also means a four-day weekend and some quality time with the family.

Some shops are allowed to open throughout the weekend… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.It's a mystery of modern cuisine and the first of it's kind in New Zealand.

One man has blown the minds of an Auckland subway by ordering a whopping footlong sandwich with all the meats and all the… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.It's been a journey of epic proportions, but after 237 days and 14,000km, Australian Michelle Lee has become the first woman to row the Pacific Ocean solo and unassisted.

She set off from Mexico in… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.As cyclone hit communities rebuild this lives, pests have been making the most of the chaos, destruction and abandoned homes.

Tired of seeing rats have free run, residents are taking matters into… Read more Audio

5:43 PM.NZ grocery suppliers have been warned that pressuring an online supermarket to increase prices would amount to breaking the law.

Auckland-based online supermarket, Supie, says multiple suppliers are… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.With Easter just around the corner, you might find shopping for chocolate a bit pricier this year.

Infometrics economist Brad Olsen has done the numbers. He reckons this year's chocolate bunnies and… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.If you're literally taking off on an Easter break Thursday is Air NZ's busiest of the weekend. Demand is up almost 70 percent on the same time last year.

Among those travelling, 5800 unaccompanied… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Black Caps fans have been hit by some bad news ahead of the Cricket World Cup.

Captain Kane Williamson is unlikely to play at the tournament in India in October after picking up an injury playing in… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.A Christchurch surgeon's speaking out about long waits for cancer patients despite allegations his employer is trying to muzzle staff.

Colorectal surgeon Chris Wakeman says some of his patients have… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.Green Party MP Elizabeth Kerekere is in hot water after apparently calling her colleague Chloe Swarbrick a "cry baby" in a text sent in error.

The text was sent to a group chat of MPs and staff, and… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.'We're shouldering all the pain'. Tonight the Hawke's Bay businesses who say they've been forgotten, left homeless and jobless.

They believe they've been left to pick up the tab for Cyclone… Read more Video, Audio