Checkpoint for Monday 28 April 2025

5:44 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about counter-terrorism police investigating a crossbow attack in Leeds that injured two women, and how they're looking at whether… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.Auckland FC have made New Zealand football history in front of their passionate fan base in Penrose but supporters now have to play the waiting game. The A-League regular season wraps up this weekend… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.The family of a man found dead after he failed to return to the Palmerston North Hospital mental health ward are unhappy a coroner's investigation didn't take into account a hospital probe that found… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.There's a sense of unease in Wairoa after two private properties have been shot at by rival gangs in the past ten days. In response, Police have invoked new powers to help dial down tensions between… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.The governments not ruling out underwriting the expansion of small regional airlines to help maintain routes and keep the price of flying competitive. Minister for the South Island and Associate… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Police are looking for any other policy breaches, after revealing today three applicants who failed physical testing were still admitted for officer training. The situation has put renewed focus on… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.There are concerns high wages paid to casual medical staff to plug gaps in the health system are discouraging doctors from taking full time positions. Te Whatu Ora said its forecast full year spend on… Read more Audio

4:43 PM.The Department of Corrections has admitted it failed to properly monitor a paroled prisoner who went on to brutally murder a woman in her Christchurch home. Colombian national Juliana Bon-illa Herrera… Read more Audio

4:41 PM.It's taken the best part of a decade but sod has finally been turned on Wellington's Golden mile upgrade. The $116 million dollar plan was part of the "Let's Get Wellington Moving" initiative before… Read more Audio

4:30 PM.Auckland's flagship rugby side are truly feeling the Blues. The defending Super Rugby Pacific champions lost yet another game over the weekend - coming up short against the Reds. The struggling side… Read more Audio

4:23 PM.It's known as the land of the free - but the United States under Donald Trump's second term's seen increasing caution from other countries. New Zealand's government has started a review of official… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Israel bombing Lebanon's capital, the US and Iran wrapping up a third round of nuclear talks and one of Gaza's key aid agencies running… Read more Audio

4:10 PM.The Head of English at an Auckland college says he won't teach the proposed new English curriculum and is urging other teachers to boycott it too. The draft curriculum released earlier this month… Read more Audio