Checkpoint

The 37th cup regatta will be sailed in 75 foot monohulls, probably with foils, and teams will be required to have at least three crew members from their home country. Todd Niall reports. Video, Audio

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

Former Green MPs are rubbishing the prospect of their party doing any deal with National, chalking up such talk as mere mischief-making. Video, Audio

Destiny School has applied for charitable help to feed and clothe some of its students, despite the church's founders driving luxurious sports cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read more Video, Audio

The children of Carly Stewart, who was stabbed to death at a pamper party, are so traumatised they sleep with weapons beside their beds, their grandmother revealed in court. Sarah Robson reports. Audio

The Counties Manukau District Health Board “urgently” needs more funding, staff and resources, and patient safety is potentially being put at risk in the meantime, the dhb’s CEO says. Read more Video, Audio

Watch Friday's full programme here. Video

Soldiers, navy and airforce personnel joined forces today with the RSA, Foodstuffs, Z Energy, and school kids to pack Christmas parcels for about 300 personnel on overseas deployments. Video, Audio

A New Lynn SaveMart worker, whose redundancy has been withdrawn by clothing recycling boss Tom Doonan, says things are starting to change but there still room for improvements. Video, Audio

Dan McGarry from Vanuatu Daily Post says the evacuation of Ambae due to a volcanic threat has been well managed, but the country might need assistance in the near future. Video, Audio

Green's health spokeswoman Julie Anne Genter says she would expect nurses at other hospitals would also overwhelmingly say they've experienced staff shortages. Video, Audio

The Mabey family were distraught when Getti went missing almost a decade ago. So, understandably, they were surprised when he turned up nine years later. Read more Video, Audio