Checkpoint for Monday 17 March 2025

5:44 PM.United Kingdom correspondent Adam Hollingworth spoke to Lisa Owen about Sir Keir Starmer trying to pull together a coalition of the willing to send peacekeepers to Ukraine and how new information has… Read more Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:32 PM.The investigation into Warriors assistant coach Richard Agar by the NRL Integrity Unit is now complete. Two weeks ago during half-time of the Warriors' opening game of the season in Las Vegas Agar was… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.Animal rights group SAFE released a video showing a bull bucking with a rider on its back and appearing to injure one of its hind legs. SAFE claims it is the fifth animal to be killed or suffer… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Washington DC ahead of his first face to face meeting with the new administration, a meeting with his counterpart Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Winston… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Renewed calls tonight for rodeos to be banned altogether following allegations a bull had to be killed after it was seriously injured at a weekend event. The animals right group SAFE has released… Read more Audio

4:45 PM.Westland and Fiordland are under orange heavy rain warnings and Westland residents can expect up to 200mm of rain, Fiordland 130 millimeters. Meanwhile in Timaru, the mercury hit 33 degrees with… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Aotearoa's Pole of Inaccessibility, the furthest point from any road is arguably New Zealand's most remote spot. It's so arduous an expedition that set off in February is believed to be the only one… Read more Audio

4:16 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown spoke to Lisa Owen about the Houthis responding to US air attacks on Yemen over the weekend and Israel carrying out deadly attacks in Gaza over the past couple of… Read more Audio

4:06 PM.One of the big banks has launched a new scam busting tool that verifies in real time, if the person on the phone to is from from the bank. A study last year by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance found half… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.It was a weekend of superhero kits and nail biting thrillers for Super Rugby Pacific's 5th week. The Chiefs claimed a razor thin victory over the Blues - adding to the struggles of the defending… Read more Audio

4:00 PM.Earlier this month an American bioscience company revealed their genetically engineered woolly mouse, which they described as a step towards bringing the woolly Mammoth back to life. Colossal… Read more Audio