Checkpoint for Monday 10 July 2023

5:53 PM.With only ten sleeps until the FIFA Women's World Cup kicks off, New Zealand's migrant communities are getting together to welcome their teams and cheer for their home countries. This morning, players… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.There's an environmental revolution brewing on the golf course, and it's all about your coffee discards. Waste coffee grounds collected from NZ cafes will be used to make biodegradable golf tees for… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.The head of the UN Nuclear Agency is in New Zealand and has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta, following the release of its latest report on the decommissioning of the destroyed… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6330912116112 Read more Video, Audio

5:29 PM.Could you find an extra $1600 a month in the household budget if you had to? That's the sharp end of the cost of living crisis for some Aucklanders, and that's on mortage payments alone. Westpac has… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The All Blacks face a nervous wait to see if SANZAAR will take any disciplinary action over skipper Sam Cane taking out a pitch invader after the side's win over Argentina in Mendoza on Sunday… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is in Sweden for a quick fire visit overnight before travelling to Lithuania for a critical meeting of NATO leaders. The NATO Summit, which New Zealand is attending as… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.ACTs abrupt turn on the youth justice age has been described as cynical, a backward step and exploiting fear. The party wants 17 year old offenders put back into the adult court system, reversing a… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Families of those who lost their lives in the deadly Whakaari eruption were among those acknowledged a mihi whakatau today, to herald the start of a trial over health and safety failings leading up to… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.More commuter disruptions on the timetable for Auckland tomorrow, and following days. It comes after hundreds of bus drivers and Auckland Transport failed to agree on a pay deal during talks today. Up… Read more Video, Audio