Checkpoint for Thursday 5 October 2023

6:08 PM.You've heard from the sheriffs, now it's the turn of the deputies. National's Deputy leader, Nicola Willis and Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni. It's just over a week til the polls close and… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The water regulator Taumata Arowai has today released the names of 27 councils that are not complying with safe water drinking standards. It's revealed that 84 drinking water supplies across the… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.The Cricket World Cup begins tonight and will keep sports fans awake at the opposite end of the day to the rugby. The 50 over showpiece will be played in India and begins with a highly anticipated… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.The number of people beating the crowds and advanced voting is lagging behind this time last election. But it's still early days, and in the South Auckland electorates of Panmure-Ōtāhuhu and Manurewa… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.More than 300,000 people are being potentially supplied drinking water that doesn't have the necessary protective barriers. The country's water regulator, Taumata Arowai, has named 27 councils that… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.The next All Blacks coach has been reportedly asked not to attend All Blacks games while he's at the World Cup in France. Scott Robertson will take over from Ian Foster in the new year, and is in… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Meanwhile the acting Race Relations Commissioner is calling for respect and dignity to be maintained at a time when political tensions are high saying she's concerned there's been racist and classist… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.The latest poll has prompted a former Prime Minister out of retirement, with Sir John Key urging voters to swing behind National, to prevent it having to work with New Zealand First. It comes as the… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.An Auckland dairy owner is in a critical condition in hospital after what police are describing as a "violent and vicious attack". The man was stabbed at a dairy on New Windsor Road, and his wife was… Read more Video, Audio