Checkpoint for Tuesday 24 June 2025

5:45 PM.Australia correspondent Nick Grimm spoke to Lisa Owen about the push for the incoming social media ban for those aged under 16, which is now set to be expanded to include Youtube. Audio

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

5:33 PM.Blood covered the walls along a hallway and the carpet near where a body lay at an otherwise pristine home. In the High Court at Wellington, Julia DeLuney faces trial, accused of murdering her mother… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.An Australian broadcast network has been criticised for zooming in on a crying child during Carlton's AFL shock loss to North Melbourne on the weekend. Sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe spoke to… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.There is confusion over the ceasfire between Israel and Iran announced by US President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account today. Iran's foreign minister saying that no ceasefire had been agreed… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has arrived in the Hague where he will join more than 30 world leaders, including US president Donald Trump, for what is expected to be one of the largest and most… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.A crowd of 1000 people and 200 cars filled the Horowhenua town of Levin just over three weeks ago, doing burnouts and other anti-social activity that caused a public outcry and large police response… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.GPs and specialist nurses will soon be able to diagnose and prescribe medication for ADHD. At the moment they need the written recommendation of a psychiatrist or paediatrician to start prescribing… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.An Auckland state house tenant is unfairly being forced to choose between her two dogs or a roof over her head according to an advocate for the family. The Favona family, a grandma, mum and son has a… Read more Audio

4:44 PM.The wife of an Iranian New Zealander feared he was dead as bombs rained down on Tehran. Aucklander Vahid Safinia fled to the border after Israeli strikes pounded the area he was visiting, but his… Read more Audio

4:33 PM.A Dunedin mum and her son, who has a severe disability, have been stuck in a cold, dark, wet Kāinga Ora house for nearly a week after a hot water cylinder burst. Katie, who RNZ is only identifying by… Read more Audio

4:26 PM.The Wellington Phoenix have helped make a goalkeeper's dream come true. Football Fern Victoria Esson has signed with the A-League club on a one season deal, allowing her to play professionally for the… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Washington DC correspondent Zach Montellaro spoke to Lisa Owen about US President Donald Trump's announcement of a ceasefire between Irsrael and Iran, which has been met with scepticism. As well as a… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.A group of students is leading the charge to change the name of Christchurch's Rolleston Avenue, because of the dark history associated with its name sake. The Hagley College students have appealed to… Read more Audio