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Checkpoint for Friday 16 February 2024
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Erika Fairweather set to race 800m freestyle tonight
5:52 PM.Is swimmer Erika Fairweather's history making win at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha reason enough to feel bouyant about Aotearoa's chances in the pool at the Olympics? The 20 year old won… Read more Video, Audio
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Taylor Swift set to perfom to biggest audience yet in Melbourne
5:44 PM.Taylor Swift is expected to perform to her biggest audience yet when she takes the stage in the first of three sold-out concerts in Melbourne tonight. She arrived in Australia yesterday fresh from a… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 16 February 2024
5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland St Peter's College student is top of the world in religious studies
5:29 PM.Christian Domilies is a student at Auckland's St Peters College. Turns out he aced his exams last year, the highest score in religious studies in the world. Just to put that in some perspective… Read more Video, Audio
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Black Caps closer to test series victory over South Africa
5:26 PM.The Black Caps are moving closer to an historic test series victory over South Africa. An under strength Proteas side were well beaten in the first test but have been providing some resistance in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Dunedin flat supplied with 280 bottles alcoholic lemonade
5:18 PM.Dunedin Police are making enquiries after a liquor company supplied hundreds of bottles of alcoholic lemonade to a student flat in Castle Street in exchange for promotion on social media. The… Read more Video, Audio
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Majority of Port Hills residents able to sleep in own beds
5:15 PM.The majority of Port Hills residents will be able to sleep in their own beds tonight, on the condition they prepare to evacuate at short notice. Fire officers will remain on the ground over the… Read more Video, Audio
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Countdown apologises for rat problem from October last year
5:07 PM.Countdown's apologising to customers for the distress and inconvience of a pest plague that's temporarily closed one store and raised question about food safety at others. The Dunedin South Countdown… Read more Video, Audio