Checkpoint for Monday 8 September 2025

5:46 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about more violence in London at a 'Palestine Action' ban protest, as well as London commuters being brough to a standstill after the… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:33 PM.Carlos Alcaraz has ended the reign of Jannik Sinner to claim the US Open title. The victory also saw him leapfrog his opponent at the top of the world tennis rankings. Sports reporter Bridget… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Sacked Labour minister and former MP Stuart Nash has said if he was ever going to stand for parliament again then it would be with New Zealand First. Nash spoke at New Zealand First's Annual… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Confronting and devastating - that is the reaction to a shootout early this morning which has left a police officer critically injured and missing man, Tom Phillips, dead. Phillips has been on the run… Read more Audio

4:47 PM.The Prime Minister has said the country is "thinking and praying" for the police officer that was shot in Waitomo in the early hours of this morning. A four year manhunt for Marokopa father Tom… Read more Audio

4:32 PM.The wave of relief is still rolling across the country after the All Blacks triumphed over the Springboks on Saturday night at Eden Park. Attention now turns to Wellington, where the two sides will… Read more Audio

4:24 PM.Senior doctors have voted to strike for 48 hours later this month, despite pleas from the Health Minister not to. Last week Simeon Brown asked Te Whatu Ora and the doctor's union to go into binding… Read more Audio

4:15 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Donald Trump issuing his "last warning" to Hamas about accepting a Gaza ceasefire deal, as well as Yemen's Houthis claiming… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.Police are still searching for the remaining children of fugitive Tom Phillips, who died this morning after a shootout with police. Phillips was killed and a constable was left with critical head… Read more Audio