Checkpoint for Tuesday 11 February 2025

5:42 PM.US President Donald Trump has signed-in 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports. In Australia, uncertainty remains over whether it will be granted an exemption. Australia correspondent Nick… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:27 PM.The New Zealand Open has joined the qualification pathway for The Open Championship in Northern Ireland in July. This gives amateurs and professional golfers a chance to win at Millbrook Resort and… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Labour inspectors have been turning up unannounced at Waikato retail and hospitality businesses to check if workers are being exploited. Ten labour inspectors and an immigration team hit Hamilton on… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.Christopher Luxon and David Seymour insist everything is rosy, despite trading barbs over a letter the ACT leader sent to police advocating for Philip Polkinghorne during the investigation into his… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.According to the latest Stats NZ employment data, unemployment rose 5.1 percent in the three months ended December - the highest level since 2020. That comes to about 156,000 people. Checkpoint… Read more Audio

4:46 PM.New Zealand's version of Burning Man has come under fire after complaints of inappropriate behaviour, including public sex and masturbation, at times when children were present. Reporter Kate Green… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.An industrial worker is in critical condition and two others are injured after being struck by several sheets of marble in south Auckland today. The hired labourers were unloading a shipping container… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.Hopes are high that a sustainable aviation fuel industry will be able to take off in Aotearoa, bringing skilled employment to regional New Zealand - including areas that've lost jobs in recent pulp… Read more Audio

4:31 PM.New Zealand Rugby is suing one of the All Blacks sponsors for an alleged breach of contract. RNZ's Jamie Wall spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

4:25 PM."Please dont attack me bro," was said by a fisherman to a great white shark, that was stalking him in his kayak off the coast of a remote Northland beach. Matt Wells, an avid fisher films his… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.United States correspondent Todd Zwilich spoke to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump cracking down on aluminium and steel imports, bribery and corruption charges against the Mayor of New York City being… Read more Audio