Checkpoint for Thursday 15 September 2022

5:08 PM.New Zealand police are seeking the extradition of a woman in Korea, in relation to the deaths of two children whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland.

The 42-year-old woman was arrested… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Thousands of people have lined the Southbank of the Thames in a orderly queue to pay their respects to the Queen.

The Queen's coffin is now lying in state in Westminster Hall, and will remain there… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.NZ's economy's grew 1.7 percent in the past three months - defying more pessimistic forecasts. It is a complete turnaround on the slump experienced during an Omicron-riddled March quarter.

But anyone… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.The Silver Ferns upcoming netball series against Jamaica is being delayed by at least a day as the Sunshine Girls await the return on passports from the US.

Netball New Zealand confirmed the news… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.It's been berry confusing - a food safety notice about the risk of Hepatitis A from imported frozen berries, but no specifics about which brands and from what countries.

People are being advised to… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.Beware of the berry is the word from New Zealand Food Safety. But the good news is you can still chow down on imported frozen raspberries, blueberries and the rest if you follow a few key suggestions.

5:42 PM.Wellington council has signed off on a proposal to cut speed limits to 30km/h on most streets and 40km/h on the main roads.

Paris, Bilbao, Brussels and Glasgow have done it - but it may be a long and… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.St John is paying tribute to one of its ambulance officers, killed in a head on collision in Cambridge yesterday.

The driver of the other car also died, on a stretch of State Highway 1.

Waka Kotahi… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.The Health Minister was met with a silent protest as he fronted up to nurses today.

Andrew Little spoke at the annual Nurses' Organisation conference, and was put in the hot seat to answer questions.

5:54 PM.The new King's sons have put on a united front in the days following the Queen's death, making two public appearances side by side.

Princes William and Harry have had a strained relationship in… Read more Video, Audio

5:59 PM.Some school children in Tonga have received donated rugby boots from the Blues.

Representatives from the Auckland-based rugby team travelled to Nuku'alofa to deliver 20,000 pairs of donated boots… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Checkpoint reporter Katie Todd is in London where people have been queueing through the night to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state.

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