Checkpoint

The iwi of Rongowhakaata have always referred to Poverty Bay as Tūranganui-a-Kiwa but would like the name to be officially recognised. Gisborne's mayor is determined it be changed, but others aren't… Read more Audio

Charter school owners are furious Education Minister Chris Hipkins wants to shut them down before they have even started formal negotiations with the Education Ministry. Audio

Metservice Meterologist John Law with the latest weather forecast. Video, Audio

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

Tansy Oliver's autistic son Charlie regressed in mainstream education, to the point where he hardly spoke. She tells John Campbell specialist education in New Zealand is beyond tipping point. Video, Audio

Smaller councils say freedom campers in their region are a burden on infrastructure, and they bring little economic benefit. Mayors and tourist operators tell John Campbell why it feels like their… Read more Video, Audio

Tourists Anna and Enoch have been dumpster-diving, hitchhiking, couch surfing and foraging as they make their way across NZ, but they also ate at a soup kitchen as part of their 'free from money'… Read more Video, Audio

Watch Friday's full programme here. Video

With nominations due to close tomorrow, Ms Genter and fellow MP Marama Davidson are so far the only two to put their names forward for the position, vacated by Metiria Turei just before last year's… Read more Video, Audio

Council teams have been injecting phosphite into diseased trees near Piha in an attempt to save them, but critics say if it really wanted to save kauri from extinction, it would keep people out of the… Read more Video, Audio

The annual celebration of New Zealand's sporting elite is on tonight, with the 55th Halberg Awards being held in Auckland. RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson and world champion Lisa Carrington join us… Read more Video, Audio