Checkpoint for Friday 6 June 2025

5:41 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Edward O'Driscoll spoke to Lisa Owen about the renewed search for Madeleine McCann coming to an end, rubbish piling up on Birmingham's streets following waste management… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:30 PM.The Black Caps have a new head at the helm. With Gary Stead stepping aside, Rob Walter has been appointed Black Caps coach through to the 2028 World Cup. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.

5:17 PM.While on holiday in Bali seven years ago, at accommodation next door to a crematorium, Christchurch woman Debbie Richards started thinking about what happens when we die. She said when she came across… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.A boyracer charged over his involvement in the 'Levin invasion' said he's written apology letters to people disrupted by the event and is selling the now impounded car he used to do a burnout. Police… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.Waipa District Council is pushing for feral cats to added to DOC's predator free hit list. There are an estimated 2.4 million feral cats in New Zealand compared to 1.2 million pet cats, and about… Read more Audio

4:42 PM.Samsudeen stabbed five people and injured two others at New Lynn Countdown nearly four years ago, when the city was in lockdown. Two survivors, considered heroes, described to the coroner how they… Read more Audio

4:38 PM.ESR data shows flu and COVID infections are on the rise, with a sharp jump in hospitalisations for severe respiratory infections across Auckland in a week. As Ruth Hill reports, GPs warn they're… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.The Blues are counting their lucky stars as they head into the Super Rugby Pacific playoffs. The defending champs scraped into the play-offs by the skin of their teeth and due to face the Chiefs in… Read more Audio

4:27 PM.Time is running out for KiwiSaver members to get an extra $521 in their accounts from the Government. From next year it will only be contributing about $260 or, in some cases, nothing at all. People… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.America's biggest bromance has broken up. Elon Musk and US president Donald Trump are stuck in a fiery war of words that kicked off on social media. Musk called for the president's impeachment and… Read more Audio

4:17 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale spoke to Lisa Owen about a potential trip to China for Donald Trump and Japan recording its lowest birth rate in more than a century. Audio

4:06 PM.Menopause has become an industry and a medicalised Tik Tok problem when it is a normal part of life, one medical expert has said. Checkpoint has been looking at the issue this week after an Auckland… Read more Audio