Checkpoint for Thursday 6 March 2025

5:43 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about how there's been an anxious wait for residents as Tropical Cyclone Alfred bears down on the Queensland and New South Wales coastline and a… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:28 PM.After scoring a record total in Lahore the Black Caps are into the Champions Trophy final with a record amount of prize money on the line. New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs this morning to… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.A Tongan family whose eldest son is seriously ill say they've been left broken as they fight an order for deportation. Tina and Tafuna Vea'ila were served a deportation order at the end of last month… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Sacrificing Peter to pay Paul, institutional racism, disappointing, light on detail. These are some of the reactions to Health Minister Simeon Brown's announcement that the bowel screening age in New… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Political Editor Jo Moir spoke to Lisa Owen about the resignations of Reserve Bank head Adrian Orr and Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran, as well as the sacking of UK High Commissioner Phil Goff. Audio

4:43 PM.Phil Goff remaining as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom has been labelled "untenable" by the Foreign Minister, after comments criticising Donald Trump. Political reporter Russell Palmer has… Read more Audio

4:37 PM.The Finance Minister insists the Reserve Bank governor's reasons for resigning are his and his alone, as questions continue to be asked over exactly why Adrian Orr has gone. Mr Orr's immediate… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The captain is bracing for a bruising battle against the Hurricanes in Albany on Saturday, the side he played 131 times for between 2013-2023. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:24 PM.It's taken hundreds of hours, but a vintage car that was swamped in silt and water in Cyclone Gabrielle has been lovingly restored to its former glory and is back on the road. The 1934 Plymouth Coupe… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about how America has stopped sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine, the latest on the Trump administration and tariffs and a giant… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.A new customer service report has found New Zealanders spent 24 million hours on hold in 2024, or more than eleven hours each. The report's author is ServiceNow and its New Zealand manager Kate Tulp… Read more Audio