Checkpoint for Monday 10 March 2025

5:48 PM.A Canadian pizza parlour has taken all US ingredients and drinks off the menu as US President Donald Trump continues the to and fro over trade tarriffs. Graham Palmateer owns Gram's Pizza in Toronto… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about how new research shows Brits were among the hardest hit by the fallout of COVID-19, a major drugs plot being foiled - partly because… Read more Audio

5:30 PM.New from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:25 PM.New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has won for the first time in more than a year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker needed a sudden death playoff to claim the Cologuard Classic title in Arizona - his… Read more Audio

5:10 PM.Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was fielding questions about the embattled school lunches programme at his weekly post-cabinet press conference. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.A menu of mishaps means the government's school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures, including providing daily evidence of what it's serving up. Food Safety is investigating the… Read more Audio

4:40 PM.The family of Fa'asala Sam Matue who died after being tased by police during a pursuit last Sunday at Orere Point is still waiting to hear his official cause of death, so they can repatriate his body… Read more Audio

4:36 PM.Pacific health leaders are accusing the government of sacrificing peoples' lives for ideology by delaying bowel cancer screening for Maori and Pacific people from 50 to 58. Responding to Health… Read more Audio

4:28 PM.The Fijian Drua made headlines on Friday following the news of a travel fiasco when facing the Hurricanes late last month. However, that news was overshadowed after a big win against the Chiefs on… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.A lonely Auckland elephant who moved to Australia to find new friends, finally has some company. Burma made an epic journey across the ditch to Monarto Safari Park near Adelaide in November last year… Read more Audio

4:12 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about Syria's new government facing a serious challenge by fighters loyal to the old leader who fled three months ago, Israel heading to Doha… Read more Audio

4:05 PM.A popular Hamilton bar has banned drinkers under the age of 20 on Saturday nights following thousands of dollars of damage that's being blamed on younger patrons. "House on Hood" lowered the entry age… Read more Audio