Checkpoint for Monday 24 March 2025

5:42 PM.UK correspondent Alice Wilkins with the latest after a power outage shut down Heathrow Airport, concerns for a British couple being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan, and a charity shop Bible selling… Read more Audio

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

5:27 PM.Inland Revenue took a softer line with debt of all kinds through the Covid years, but now it's coming down hard on those who owe it money. One tax expert says there's a looming problem with GST in… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.Footballing history will be made at Eden Park tonight when the All Whites play New Caledonia. The winner will be the first team from Oceania to gain direct qualification for next year's FIFA World… Read more Audio

5:15 PM.The son of a sixty two year old man who died in mysterious circumstances in the Wellington last week says his father was a kind man who didn't deserve what happened. Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Aucklanders are split on whether the council should approve a new stadium in the city centre or upgrade Eden Park instead. This week councillors will vote on which of the competing proposals should go… Read more Audio

5:08 PM.Three people were hospitalised after a car ran into pedestrians by the University of Auckland's CBD campus. The crash happened around midday, along Symonds Street - the main thoroughfare running… Read more Audio

4:48 PM.It's the law that governs almost everything about New Zealand's land, air, and water management - the government's finally revealed its plans to replace the behemoth that is the Resource Management… Read more Audio

4:29 PM.A weekend of highs and lows in sport, here to wrap it all up on what could be a very special night for the All Whites at Eden Park is RNZ's Jamie Wall. Audio

4:23 PM.A Dunedin local who's been giving free skate boarding lessons to the city's new migrants is hoping to encourage even more people into the sport. Danny Healy and his nephew Lewis Cameron started giving… Read more Audio

4:14 PM.Middle East correspondent Jacob Brown with the latest on the Gaza ceasefire collapse, renewed conflict between Israel and Lebanon, and prospects of a nuclear deal between the US and Iran. Audio

4:06 PM.A school principal is warning that just as we're starting to make progress towards reducing the number of young people vaping, we could soon be dealing with something even worse. There's an emerging… Read more Audio