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Destructive cyclone smashes through northern Queensland
5:17 PM.Cyclone Debbie has made landfall in northern Queensland today. Channel 9 reporter Tessa Hardy joins Checkpoint with the latest developments. Video, Audio
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Cyclone Debbie hits Queensland with force
5:08 PM.Tourists and locals in northern Queensland have sought refuge inside as Cyclone Debbie struck the mainland and Whitsundays islands with speeds of more than 200km an hour today. Video, Audio
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NZ man decides not to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie
6:28 PM.People living in Bowen in Queensland are being told to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Debbie, but one man is standing strong. Kiwi Graham Wilson tells Checkpoint why he's staying put. Audio
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International artists descend on Napier for worldwide art festival
6:25 PM.More than 50 murals have been painted on walls in Napier over the last two years as part of an international festival which highlights the plight of the ocean, and the creatures that live in it Video, Audio
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80-year-old pleads for council to fix flooding stormwater drain
6:14 PM.An 80-year-old Auckland woman and her daughter are pleading with the council to fix a stormwater drain so her house doesn't continue to flood after every heavy downpour. Video, Audio
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Date set for NZ-China FTA upgrade talks, China denies steel dumping in NZ
6:11 PM.Talks will begin next month, meanwhile the countries today signed an agreement to allow chilled meat from 10 New Zealand processors into China. Audio
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Defence Force acknowledges for first time Afghan raid may have killed civilians
6:07 PM.After initially denying any civilians were killed, Lieutenant General Tim Keating says rounds from an Apache gunship hit a building which could have housed civilians. Audio
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Aaron Smith breaks silence around airport toilet tryst
5:56 PM.All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith says he should have taken more time away from rugby after he was seen entering a disabled toilet with a woman who was not his partner at Christchurch Airport. Audio
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Wellington considering fining slow property developers
5:52 PM.Wellington mayor Justin Lester is considering penalising developers who don't build quick enough by way of financial penalties or targeted rates. Audio
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Still hope woman missing at Piha is alive
5:49 PM.Kim Bambus, 21, was last seen on Friday morning when she told friends she was going for a run in Piha in West Auckland. A survival specialist says there's still hope that she's alive. Audio
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Deal with China brings new cancer treatment to NZ
5:46 PM.New Zealanders are being promised early access to clinical trials for immunotherapy, an approach that's sweeping the world with drugs like Keytruda and Opdivo, which were funded in NZ last year. Audio
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Residents forced to don masks due to health risks from quarry dust
5:37 PM.Dust around a gravel quarry on the edge of Christchurch contains levels of crystalline silica 20 times higher than the safe limit. Video, Audio
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Evening Business for 27 March 2017
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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China and NZ set date for FTA upgrade talks
5:28 PM.After years of lobbying China has finally agreed to allow New Zealand's chilled meat products into the country, while also agreeing to start talks on an upgrade to the free trade agreement with NZ. Audio
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Government spending emergency housing grant budget twice as fast as expected
5:21 PM.Associate Minister for Social Housing, Alfred Ngaro, says the government is working on solutions to emergency accommodation, including purchasing motels. But only one motel has been purchased so far.
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Motels paid more than $100,000 a month in emergency housing grants
5:17 PM.In the last three months of last year, five motels in South Auckland were paid more than $1 million to house the country's homeless. Video, Audio
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Hit & Run author adamant civilians, not insurgents killed
5:11 PM.Hit & Run authors say six civilians were killed in Afghanistan on the same night the Defence Force says nine insurgents were killed. Could it be possible two raids occurred simultaneously? Video, Audio
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Defence Force concedes civilians may have been killed in NZ lead raid
5:07 PM.The New Zealand Defence Force now admits some civilians may have been killed in a New Zealand led SAS raid in Afghanistan, but insist Hit & Run authors have key details wrong. Video, Audio
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Kaikoura earthquake moved South Island 6 metres closer to North
6:26 PM.New research shows the earthquake pushed parts of the South Island six metres closer to the North, and raised Waipapa Bay by up to eight metres. Video, Audio
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Rental car crossed centre line, bus driver says
6:24 PM.The owner of the tour bus company which was involved in a fatal crash on the road to Milford Sound says it appears the rental car had crossed the centre line. Video, Audio
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Family Court judges beg for more social workers in Masterton
6:21 PM.Family Court judges wrote this month to the Deputy Director of the Social Development Ministry and the Children's Commissioner to ask for more social workers. Audio
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Eight arrested over Westminster terror attack
6:16 PM.The police have named 52-year old British-born Khalid Masood as the man behind the terror attack that killed five people and injured more than 40. Video, Audio
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Maori Party decides to support changes to RMA
6:15 PM.The Maori Party has reached an agreement with the Government to support the remaining stages of the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill. Video, Audio
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Evidence points toward Defence Force cover up, lawyers say
6:12 PM.Lawyers Rodney Harrison QC, Deborah Manning and Richard McLeod today called for an independent inquiry into New Zealand's SAS troop's involvement in a 2010 raid in Afghanistan. Video, Audio
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Faulty sprinklers delay $1.4b Waterview tunnel by several month
6:10 PM.The New Zealand Transport Agency says next month's expected opening has now been pushed out by two to three months. Video, Audio
