National's Police spokesperson Simeon Brown speaks on community COVID-19 checkpoints at Te Tai Tokerau.

University of Auckland politics lecturer Dr Lara Greaves talks about the National Party now looking to contest the Maori electorates at the next election.

Green Party's transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter talks about the government's plan on decarbonising the country's public transport fleet to achieve its climate change goal.

The Thursday Wire reports on the Australian government's proposed changes to force tech companies to pay for showing news content.