Checkpoint

Robert Whittaker is determined to connect with his Māori roots ahead of his UFC title defence against Kiwi star Israel Adesanya later this year. Sports reporters Clay Wilson and Ravinder Hunia caught… Read more Video, Audio

'Royal Sweets and Cafe' was known and loved by locals in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham, but behind the scenes its co-owners were working their sweet chefs so hard they feared they might die. Audio

The man who died on Auckland's Southern Motorway yesterday was a client of a company providing mental health services.

He fell from a Framework Services vehicles being driven by a staff member near… Read more Video, Audio

More than 60 years after it launched 111, police have launched a separate line - 105 - for non-urgent, not life-threatening calls. Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Moa footprints are being carefully extracted from a rural Otago river, where they were discovered by chance in March. The footprints are believed to be a couple million years old, and the first… Read more Video, Audio

Victim Support has announced it will distribute another $3.5 million to mosque attack victims and their families but won't say whether the government raised any concerns with the charity, responsible… Read more Video, Audio

Ani Nohinohi, the sole survivor of a horror crash that killed seven people in Taranaki, has apologised after admitting she and her partner, who was driving, were wasted on synthetic cannabis. Video, Audio

Watch Friday's full programme here. Video

Nauru's former president Sprent Dabwido has died from cancer at the age of 46. He oversaw the reopening of Australia's refugee detention centres on Nauru, but spent his final years fighting as one of… Read more Video, Audio