Checkpoint

Property developer Mark Dunajtschik will build a new children's hospital in Wellington, and pay for it. Bill English made the announcement today, but some are questioning why a philanthropist had to… Read more Video, Audio

Five children aged under 14 are believed to have trashed three classrooms at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe, a Maori immersion school in Northland. John Campbell reports. Video, Audio

Watch Monday's full programme here. Video

Dubbed the country's premier rural contest, the New Zealand Young Farmers Competition brings together seven winners from regional competitions to compete in a gruelling three day event in Palmerston… Read more Video, Audio

A letter published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today shows one in five children are exposed to second hand smoke each week. Video, Audio

A Christchurch family have found themselves stuck with a house that is too unsafe to live in after a fire revealed earthquake damage, which EQC admits it failed to identify. Read more Video, Audio

Former All Black Ian Jones, BBC's rugby reporter Chris Jones, and Rugby World magazine editor Owain Jones join John Campbell ahead of tomorrow night's British and Lions test. Video, Audio

Keiran Reid will celebrate his 100th test match tomorrow when the All Blacks play the British and Irish Lions. RNZ rugby reporter Joe Porter was at this afternoon's Captain's run. Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

The world's largest airborne observatory has returned to New Zealand to gather data from stars, planets and galaxies that can only be observed in the Southern Hemisphere. Maja Burry took flight on the… Read more Video, Audio