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5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249968995001 Video, Audio

5:25 PM.New figures show the rate of antidepressants being prescribed over the past four years is at an all time high and there's a huge disparity between ethnic groups.

Data released to Checkpoint under the… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.The government has made drastic changes to the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care's inquiry, meaning abuse that's happened over the last 22 years can no longer be investigated.

The inquiry is… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Traffic is busy heading out of Auckland on Friday afternoon, as the long weekend begins.

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth is on a motorway overbridge in central Auckland with the latest details. Read more Video, Audio

5:08 PM.New, tougher border restrictions are expected to slash the number of Covid-19-positive returnees from India alone, by 75 percent.

The government has classified India as a "very high risk country"… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.We are here before you, because we are scared" - that was the message to Wellington councillors from the Alliance Against Sexual Violence this morning.

Three weeks on from their rally which called… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Rotorua residents fighting to save Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course claim a proposed development on the site could wipe up to $100,000 off the values of neighbouring houses.

But the group Saving… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Australia and New Zealand's foreign ministers were all smiles during their first face-to-face meeting, despite an assortment of festering trans-Tasman tensions.

Marise Payne has made quick use of the… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.People living in isolated areas lacking health services want their voices heard, following the health reforms announcement.

Health Minister Andrew Little says a new entity - Health NZ - will strive… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A Sydney GP says Australian vaccination clinics have faced transparency and supply issues in their bid to help protect the country against Covid-19.

The Commonwealth-funded, GP-led vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The public and doctors hope general practices will be cheaper and easier to access once health reforms take place.

The government has announced a major shake up to the country's health system, with… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249784446001 Video, Audio

5:33 PM.The curtain is coming down for elephants at Auckland Zoo - as the last two pack their trunks for Australia.

The Zoo has confirmed that Anjalee is being adopted by Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Wellington bus drivers who go on strike on Friday have been told they'll be locked out indefinitely.

The strike is planned for 24 hours from 4am tomorrow, but on Thursday afternoon things came to a… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Auckland police staff have found themselves in the middle of a 'whodunnit' after cash went missing from a stolen vehicle that had been seized by officers.

But investigations have turned up nothing… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.It has emerged the government didn't consult surrounding businesses before approving hotels for use as MIQ facilities.

Now a dispute between the owners of the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Auckland and the… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.It was a delicate dance as New Zealand and Australia's foreign ministers fielded media questions following their first face-to-face meeting since Covid-19.

The pair collectively described the… Read more Video, Audio

6:32 PM.A white US ex-police officer has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd, after one of the most high profile trials in American history.

Last year, Derek Chauvin knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for nine… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship - the HMNZS Aotearoa - is making its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.

The $450 million supply ship came into… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.The government's plan to shake up the health system has been met with shock, concern and skeptisim. Eleisha Foon has been gathering reaction. Audio

6:11 PM.The government has unveiled sweeping new health changes in a bid to resuscitate an ailing inequitable system, that's ended in a postcode lottery.

All 20 DHBs are being scrapped along with… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The under pressure Ports of Auckland chief executive has met with union officials for the first time since a scathing health and safety report was released.

Union members at the Ports have called for… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.There was disappointment for some dedicated royal fans today - three self-proclaimed nanas turned up to Prince Philip's memorial service, hoping to slip into the pews.

RNZ reporter Harry Lock spoke… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.In five years' time, Helen Clark wants to see Huntly power station no longer burning coal, a ban on fossil-fuel-powered cars into New Zealand, and agriculture paying for its emissions.

Clark has… Read more Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Read more Audio