Checkpoint for Monday 7 August 2023

5:52 PM.To Australia now; where a homicide investigation's underway following a lethal lunch where toxic wild mushrooms may have been served. Three people are dead and another is fighting for their life in… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.Dairy owners don't appear to be aware of a campaign by tobacco companies to save convenience stores. The Save Our Stores campaign features apparent dairy owners who warn that rules coming into effect… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.More than a dozen Kiwi are believed to have been mauled to death by roaming dogs in Northland over the past three months. DOC says it's released graphic pictures of the bodies to show the reality of… Read more Video, Audio

5:39 PM.One of the Crown's psychiatric experts is steadfast in their view that murder accused Lauren Dickason does not have an insanity nor an infanticide case. This is despite intensive interrogation by… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.The All Blacks rugby world cup squad has just been named. 33 players will travel to France, where coach Ian Foster's men will try to win back the world cup they failed to defend in 2019. Rugby… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Aucklanders are worried that a new harbour crossing will cost too much and take too long. The Government is promising two road tunnels and a light rail tunnel from Central Auckland to Akoranga, on the… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The politics is hotly contested but what about the practicalities of tunneling not once, but potentially three times under Auckland's Waitemata harbour. The government's unveiled a mega project to… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Absesses eroding facial bones, blood poisoning and even death. Those are just some of the very real consequences of unaffordable dental care according to a Whangarei emergency department Doctor who is… Read more Video, Audio