Checkpoint for Tuesday 6 June 2023

6:07 PM.A former New Zealand solider who gave key evidence in a trial centred around a now disgraced former Australian SAS soldier has been deemed an unreliable and dishonest witness, by the trial judge.

Ben… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Thirty-nine New Zealand athletes will tomorrow board a plane for Berlin to compete in the Special Olympics.

For many of the competitors, who have intellectual disabilities, the event is the first… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Five people have been arrested and six vehicles impounded after a police crackdown on illegal dirt bikers in south Auckland over the long weekend.

About 50 bikes gathered at the Manukau Memorial… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.One of the major supermarket chains is a promising a permanent cut price fruit and vege deal.

It comes the same day as Consummer NZ criticised the big players for so-called "dodgy specials" that are… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.Has it started or not? Tonight claims and counter claims about the much anticipated counter offensive in Ukraine.

The Russians claim to have repelled attacks on two fronts by the Ukraine military.

… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.A four year parliament term, lower threshold for parties to enter and giving 16-year-olds the vote.

All suggestions made by an independent panel charged with looking at how the electoral system could… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Next season's Super Rugby Pacific coaching puzzle is taking shape with the Crusaders announcing Scott Robertson's replacement.

Former Canterbury player Rob Penney has signed a two-year contract to… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Police have arrested a man in connection to the killing of 71-year-old Linda Woods in her home in Kaikohe.

Linda Woods died after an intruder entered her on Thursday night and was discovered in a… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.New vape stores will be banned from setting-up within 300 metres of schools or marae under a government crackdown to stop young people getting hooked.

From August it will start phasing out cheaper… Read more Video, Audio

5:06 PM."Inadequate" - the Prime Minister's verdict on Michael Wood's explanation for holding onto his Auckland Airport shares, despite being told several times to ditch them.

But Chris Hipkins is standing… Read more Audio