Checkpoint for Friday 3 November 2023

6:07 PM.Time to polish the crown: Winston Peters is Kingmaker again. The final election vote count means New Zealand First is no longer a nice to have, it's a must-have for National to form a government. The… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Act leader, David Seymour speaks to Lisa Owen. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6340407548112 Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.A diver was lucky to lose only his flippers when he was attacked by what's believed to be a great white shark. The diver was part of a commercial crew collecting paua off the Wairarapa Coast yesterday… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.It's almost a clean sweep for Te Pati Maori, snatching another two maori electorate seats from Labour on the special vote count. On election night it was buzzing to secure four of the seven. But now… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Survivors have given harrowing accounts of the massacre at Al Noor Mosque on March 15, 2019. The inquest today heard from the survivors of the Christchurch terror attack. Two detailed their fruitless… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.So who's in and who's out? Final results showed Labour's Peeni Henare lose Tamaki Makaurau by just 4 votes and Labour's Helen White win Mt Albert by just 20 votes. Our reporter Louise Ternouth looks… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.National's "worst-case scenario" has become a reality - the party needs New Zealand First to form a government. After 20 long days of counting, re-counting and double checking ballots the final… Read more Video, Audio